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Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed.

Ann Radcliffe

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Ann Radcliffe
Age: 58 †
Born: 1764
Born: July 9
Died: 1823
Died: February 7
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Novelist
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Ann Ward
Anne Radcliffe
Anne Ward
Ann Ward Radcliffe
Ann Ward
Mrs. Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe
née Ward
Tells
Portal
Deeds
Nameless
Court
Courts
Fate
Sits
Darkness
Deed
Dark
Hollow
Battlements
Voice
Opens
Murmurs
Receive
Frowns

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