But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. Deborah's diary, a sequel to 'Mary Powell'. - Page 129by Anne Manning - 1858 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
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