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Here, are the stiffening hills, here, the rich cargoCongealed in the dark arteries,Old veinsThat hold Glamorgan's blood.The midnight miner in the secret seams,Limb, life, and

Here, are the stiffening hills, here, the rich cargoCongealed in the dark arteries,Old veinsThat hold Glamorgan's blood.The midnight miner in the secret seams,Limb, life, and

Approximate author period: c. 1939 AD · modern

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Mervyn Peake
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Approximate author period: c. 1939 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Mervyn Peake: life dates 1911 to 1968. Wikidata Q6515, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6515 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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