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Jehiel Keeler Hoyt
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“Yes, sing the song of the orange tree, With its leaves of velvet green; With its luscious fruit of sunset hue, The fairest that ever were seen; The grape may have its bacchanal verse, To praise the fig we are free; But homage I pay to the queen of all, The glorious orange tree.”
Jehiel Keeler Hoyt (1820–1895) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Orange Tree", in J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, eds., The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations, 4th ed. (London: Richard D. Dickinson, 1882), p. 439