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1858–1935

THE RUINED ABBEY

William Watson

Flower fondled, clasp'd in ivy's close caress, It seems allied with Nature, yet apart:— Of wood's and wave's insensate loveliness The glad, sad, tranquil, passionate, human heart.

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