There is no species of poetry which is better adapted to th… - Henry Kirke White

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There is no species of poetry which is better adapted to the taste of a melancholy man than a sonnet. Its brevity precludes the possibility of it becoming tiresome.

Henry Kirke White

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Henry Kirke White (21 March 1785 – 19 October 1806) was an English poet, who died at a young age.

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