"She smiled, and the shadows departed; She shone, and the snows were rain; And he who was frozen-hearted Bloomed up into love again."
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"Eyebright", st. 4. New and Old (London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1880) p. 20
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John Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds (5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of homosexuality.
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