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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Robert Bridges
Born: October 23, 1844
Died: April 21, 1930 (aged 85)
Bio: Robert Seymour Bridges was Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns.
Known for:
- The testament of beauty (1929)
- The spirit of man (1916)
- The Growth of Love (1876)
- Eros and Psyche (1885)
- Poetical Works Of Robert Bridges (1898)
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