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Waldo Emerson

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Waldo Emerson

Birth
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
27 Jan 1842 (aged 5)
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Author's Ridge
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First son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, died of scarlet fever. His father wrote the poem "Threnody" as a memorial poem.
First son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, died of scarlet fever. His father wrote the poem "Threnody" as a memorial poem.

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Waldo Emerson
Died 27 January 1842
Five years and three months old

The hyacinthine boy for whom
morn well might break and April bloom
The gracious boy who did adorn
the world where into he was born

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