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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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- Emily Brontë
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- Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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