A poet of one mood in all my lays, Ranging all life to sing… - Alice Meynell

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A poet of one mood in all my lays, Ranging all life to sing my only love, Like a west wind across the world I move,
Sweeping my harp of floods mine own wild way.

Alice Meynell

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson Meynell (11 October 1847 – 27 November 1922) was an English writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet.

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Alternative Names: Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell • Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson

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