Paulina's Offer

I pray you, Emilia, tell the good queen, if her majesty dare
trust me with my little babe, I will carry it to the king, its father;
we do not know how he may soften at the sight of his innocent child.

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English poet and playwright best known for his dramatic monologues. Married to fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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