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Felicia Dorothea Hemans was an English poet. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.

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Sabbath Sonnet
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Ulla, Or The Adjuration
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A Spirit's Return
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The Domestic Affections
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The Bird's Release
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The Effigies
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Heliodorus In The Temple
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Properzia Rossi
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The Homes Of England
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War And Peace—A Poem
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Pauline
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The Abencerrage : Canto I.
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The Bended Bow
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The Chamois Hunter's Love
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Song 1
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Sonnet, For My Mother’s Birthday
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The Kaiser's Feast
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He Never Smiled Again
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Song. The Smile
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To The New-Born
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Harvest Hymn
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Sea Piece
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Sea-Piece
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An Hour Of Romance
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The Voice Of Spring
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O Thou Breeze of Spring!
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Song 2
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Swiss Song, On The Anniversary Of An Ancient Battle
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Thekla's Song; Or, The Voice Of A Spirit
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Flight of the Spirit
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The Home Of The Spirit
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The Statue Of The Dying Gladiator
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The Wrath Of Loyalty
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Kindred Hearts
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Lines To The Memory Of A Very Amiable Young Lady, Who Died At The Age Of Eighteen
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Gertrude, Or Fidelity Till Death
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The Coronation Of Inez De Castro
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Woman On The Field Of Battle
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Costanza
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The Switzer's Wife
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Carolan's Prophecy
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The Widow Of Crescentius : Part II.
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Address To Music
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The Abencerrage : Canto III.
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The Stars
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War-Song Of The Spanish Patriots
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The Bards, To The Soldiers Of Caractacus
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Breathings Of Spring
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Korner And His Sister
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Stanzas To the Memory Of George III
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The Forest Sanctuary - Part I.
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The Peasant Girl Of The Rhone
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Madeline. A Domestic Tale
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England And Spain
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Thoughts During Sickness
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Roman Girl's Song
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Design and Performance
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The Angel Of The Sun
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The Spells Of Home
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Casabianca
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Mozart's Requiem
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The Memorial Pillar
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Italian Girl's Hymn To The Virgin
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The Hour Of Prayer
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The Isle Of Founts
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The Bride Of The Greek Isle
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The Crusader's Return
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The Illuminated City
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Coeur De Lion At The Bier Of His Father
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The Nightingale
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The Sun
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Indian Woman's Death-Song
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The Adopted Child
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The Graves Of A Household
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Address To Fancy
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Hymn
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Our Lady's Well
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Stanzas on the Late National Calamity, the Death of the Princess Charlotte
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Imelda
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Introductory Verses
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On My Mother's Birthday
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Corinne at the Capitol
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The Suliote Mother
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A Domestic Scene
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Stanzas to the Memory of George the Third
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Dirge
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The Call Of Liberty. May 1809
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The Forest Sanctuary - Part II.
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The Restoration Of The Works Of Art In Italy
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The Vassal's Lament For The Fallen Tree
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The Emigrant
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Sonnet To Italy
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Night-Scene in Genoa
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The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England
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The Spanish Chapel
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Edith: A Tale Of The Woods
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The Mourner For The Barmecides
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To The Head-Ach
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Moon-Light
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The Lady Of The Castle
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Greek Funeral Chant Or Myriologue
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The Cavern Of The Three Tells
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The Rainbow
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The Widow Of Crescentius : Part I.
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Address To Thought
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The Rock Of Cader Idris
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The Rock of Cader Idris
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Ivan The Czar
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Bring Flowers
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Invocation
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Tasso And His Sister
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The Birds Of Passage
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The Troubadour And Richard Coeur De Lion
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The Death-Day Of Korner
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The Messenger-Bird
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The Thunderstorm
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The Ruin And Its Flowers
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Ancient Greek Song Of Exile
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Brandenburgh Harvest-Song 67 ViewsRate it
To The Eye
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There is an hour, a pensive hour
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The American Forest Girl
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The Death Of Conradin
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The Rivers
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The Sky-Lark
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Valkyriur Song
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The Wild Huntsman
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Paraphrase Of Psalm: CXLVIII
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Moorish Bridal Song
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Juana
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The Laplander To His Rein-Deer
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The Aged Patriarch
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The Conqueror's Sleep
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The Grave Of A Poetess
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The Indian Lover. Morning Song.
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The Sword Of The Tomb : A Northern Legend
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The Treasures Of The Deep
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The Departed
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The Last Song of Sappho
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The Shade Of Theseus - Ancient Greek Tradition
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A Parting Song
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The Abencerrage : Canto II.
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The Palm-Tree
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The Parting Song
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To Wordsworth
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A Farewell to Abbotsford
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A Monarch's Death-Bed
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Fairy Favours
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The Indian City
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The Northern Spring
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The Queen Of Prussia's Tomb
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To One Of The Author's Children
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The Farewell To The Dead
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To Resignation
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The Pilgrim Fathers
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Alaric In Italy
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The Last Wish
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The Lilies Of The Field
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The Last Banquet Of Antony And Cleopatra
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The Storm
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The Sicilian Captive
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Evening Prayer at a Girl's School
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The Captive Knight
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The Stranger In Louisiana
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The Ocean
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The Revellers
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The Sunbeam
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The Wife Of Asdrubal
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Arabella Stuart
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The Silver Locks
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Ode To Cheerfulness
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To My Eldest Brother, With The British Army In Portugal
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The Lady Of Provence
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The Image In Lava
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Mountaineer-Song
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To A Younger Child
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To My Younger Brother, On His Return From Spain, After The Fatal Retreat Under Sir John Moore, And The Battle Of Corunna.
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The Penitent's Return
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To A Butterfly Resting Upon A Skull
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A Voyager's Dream Of Land
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The Distant Ship
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Christmas Carol
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The Caravan in the Deserts
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To A Departed Spirit
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Lines, Written In The Memory Of Elizabeth Smith
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The Funeral Day of Sir Walter Scott
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To My Mother
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To The Memory Of Heber
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The Flower of the Desert
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The Child's Last Sleep
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The Wounded Eagle
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The Birds
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Oh! if thou wilt not give thine heart
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The Abencerrage : Canto I. - continuation 1
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The Abencerrage : Canto I. - continuation 2
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The Meeting of Wallace and Bruce on the Banks of the Carron
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The Silent Multitude
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The Traveller at the Source of the Nile
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