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The Unknown Eros (1878)
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Having my law the seventh time disobey'd,
I struck him, and dismiss'd
With hard words and unkiss'd,
—His Mother, who was patient, being dead.
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The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
July 23, 1823
Died:
November 26, 1896
(aged 73)
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