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1823–1896

IV.— VENUS VICTRIX.

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Fatal in force, yet gentle in will, Defeats, from her, are tender pacts, For, like the kindly lodestone, still She's drawn herself by what she attracts.

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