I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.
("Jane Eyre")
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Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
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Those thoughts recur to early love,
Or what he love would name,
Though haply Gilbert's secret deeds
Might other title claim.
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