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

Walter Savage Landor 1775–1864

Persistence

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MY hopes retire; my wishes as before

Struggle to find their resting-place in vain:

The ebbing sea thus beats against the shore;

The shore repels it; it returns again.