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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

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Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the Young Princess, Selected Poems, 1964.
-- Stevie Smith, (Sep 20 1902-1971), English poet; She expressed an original and visionary personality in her work, combining a lively wit with penetrating honesty and an absence of sentiment.


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