Albert Gorton Greene

American judge, poet (1802-1868)

Albert Gorton Greene (10 February 18023 January 1868) was an American judge and poet.

Albert Gorton Greene

Quotes

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  • 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).
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