The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved.
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Before the war ended common sense had rescued me from any belief that war could do the human race, or my country, any good whatever.Laurence Housman
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid.
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Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.
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On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.
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Though while at South Kensington I took a few prizes in the National Competition, I did not get near to having a style of my own.
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