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I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit but once, and then die.

Edward John Trelawny

In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my greatest enemy or friend may avoid me altogether on the third; so humbled is the aspiring spirit of my youth.

Edward John Trelawny

Edward John Trelawny

Edward John Trelawny

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Born: November 13, 1792

Died: August 13, 1881 (aged 88)

Bio: Edward John Trelawny was a biographer, novelist and adventurer who is best known for his friendship with the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Trelawny was born in England to a family of modest income but extensive ancestral history.

Known for:

Records of Shelley, Byron, and the author (1873)
Adventures of a Younger Son (1830)
Letters of Edward John Trelawny
ADV OF A YOUNGER SON A NEW ILL

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