"O wondrous sphinx! within thy marble breast What undreamed secrets lie concealed! Hast thou no pity for my wild unrest My maddening longing for the unrevealed?"
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19th-century poets from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesWomen born in the 19th centuryPoets from Massachusetts
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Clara Jessup Moore
Clara Jessup Moore (February 16, 1824 – January 5, 1899) was an American poet, born in Westfield, Massachusetts.
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