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ON FANNY GODWIN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

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First Line: HER VOICE DID QUIVER AS WE PARTED
Last Line: THIS WORD IS ALL TOO WIDE FOR THEE.
Subject(s): GODWIN, FANNY (D. 1816); LOVE; LOVE - LOSS OF; SUICIDE;
Her voice did quiver as we parted,
Yet knew I not that heart was broken
From which it came, and I departed
Heeding not the words then spoken.
Misery --O Misery,
This word is all too wide for thee.




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