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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

Sydney Dobell 1824–74

Epigram on the Death of Edward Forbes

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NATURE, a jealous mistress, laid him low.

He woo’d and won her; and, by love made bold,

She show’d him more than mortal man should know,

Then slew him lest her secret should be told.