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1823–1896

IV.— A Distinction.

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

The lack of lovely pride, in her Who strives to please, my pleasure numbs, And still the maid I most prefer Whose care to please with pleasing comes.

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IV.— A Distinction. · Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore · Poetry Cove