"O woman-country! wooed not wed, Loved all the more by earth's male-lands, Laid to their hearts instead."
— Robert Browning

January 1, 1970

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Romantic poetsPoets from EnglandAcademics from the United KingdomPeople from LondonUniversity of Oxford faculty
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By the Fireside, vi.

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By the Fireside, vi.