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Caroline Sheridan Norton: My beautiful, my...

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My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by,
With thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye!

Source: The Arab's Farewell to His Steed.
-- Caroline Sheridan Norton, (Mar 22 1808-1877), English poet, novelist; Her matrimonial difficulties and efforts to secure legal protection for married women made her a notorious figure in mid-Victorian society.


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