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Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.
Anna Letitia Barbauld
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Anna Letitia Barbauld
Age: 81 †
Born: 1743
Born: June 20
Died: 1825
Died: March 9
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Leicestershire
England
Anna Laetitia Aiken
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Shepherd
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Time deals gently with me and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy.
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