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In the wide pile, by others heeded not,Hers was one sacred solitary spot,Whose gloomy aisles and bending shelves containFor moral hunger food, and cures for moral pain.

In the wide pile, by others heeded not,Hers was one sacred solitary spot,Whose gloomy aisles and bending shelves containFor moral hunger food, and cures for moral pain.

Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial

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Walter Scott
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Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1771 to 1832; Wikidata Q79025, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79025 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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