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broke in shortly and you are not
"This is the Prime Minister, Madge," Daphne broke in shortly, "and you are not happy in your Scriptural references."
— from Affinities, and Other Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart

blind I said and yet a noble
but little else than that Above the chair in which she sat I leant—reached for, and found her hand, And held it for a moment, and Took up the other—held them both— As might a friend, I will take oath: Spoke leisurely, as might a man Praying for no thing other than He thinks Heaven's justice;—She was blind, I said, and yet a noble mind Most truly loved her; one whose fond Clear-sighted vision looked beyond The bounds of her infirmity, And saw the woman, perfectly Modeled, and wrought out pure and true And lovable.
— from Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems by James Whitcomb Riley


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