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I have lost the dream of Doing, And the other dream of Done, The first spring in the pursuing, The first pride in the Begun,— First recoil from incompletion, in the face of what is won.
I have lost the dream of Doing, And the other dream of Done, The first spring in the pursuing, The first pride in the Begun,— First recoil from incompletion, in the face of what is won.
Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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- Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 24 · printed citation: E. B. Browning (The Lost Bower). · compiler notes excluded
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