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My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Anne Bronte

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Anne Bronte
Age: 29 †
Born: 1820
Born: January 17
Died: 1849
Died: May 28
Governess
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Acton Bell
Ann Brontë
Anne Bronte
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Breeze
Carried
Healing
Wings
Spirit
Aloft
Soul
Soaring
Awakened
Soar

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