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Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop and speak to you, And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems, and new!
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop and speak to you, And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems, and new!
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Robert Browning
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
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