Albert Gorton Greene
American judge, poet (1802-1868)
Albert Gorton Greene (10 February 1802 – 3 January 1868) was an American judge and poet.
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Quotes
edit- Old Grimes is dead, that good old man
We never shall see more;
He used to wear a long black coat
All buttoned down before.- Old Grimes, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: Compare: "John Lee is dead, that good old man,— / We ne'er shall see him more; / He used to wear an old drab coat / All buttoned down before", Inscription in Matherne Churchyard, To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823; "Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,— / You'll never see him more; / He used to wear a long brown coat / That buttoned down before", James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Nursery Rhymes of England, p. 60.
- Fill every beaker up, my men, pour forth the cheering wine:
There’s life and strength in every drop,—thanksgiving to the vine!- The Baron's last Banquet, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
