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" "When I re-read my past work I can see a development to such an effect, indeed, that some of them no longer seem to be any part of me.
Elizabeth Jennings (20 July 1926 – 25 October 2001) was an English poet, noted for her clarity of style and simplicity of literary approach. Jennings was born in Lincolnshire, but her family moved to Oxford when she was six. Her Roman Catholicism coloured much of her work.
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