To Mary

The bird that mourns the absent day,
And sings its plaint to shadows deep,
Has not a kindred grief to pay,
For joys that now in slumber sleep.

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English poet of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Known for "Goblin Market" and devotional verse of exquisite craftsmanship.

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