Stephen Collins Foster

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    All the world is sad and dreary, Everywhere I roam.
    Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    All up and down the whole creation,
    Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for the old plantation,
    And for the old folks at home.
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
    Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away,
    Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
    I hear their gentle voices calling “Old Black Joe.”
    Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    And thou, thou rich-haired youth of morn,
    And all thy subject life was born!
    —William Collins (1721–1759)

    Thatcher: You’re too old to call me “Mr. Thatcher,” Charles.
    Charles Foster Kane: You’re too old to be called anything else. You were always too old.
    Orson Welles (1915–1985)