Scenes Beyond the Western Border, Southern Literary Messenger 18 (August 1852):
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| August 1852 quoting 2 Samuel 1:26 |
Scenes and Adventures in the Army, p 356:
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| 1857 book version with "passing the love of women" deleted |
Can be a bond
(Thought he) as David sings in strain
That dirges beauteous Jonathan,
Passing the love of woman fond?
And may experience but dull
The longing for it? Can time teach? (Clarel 3.30)
