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Knightsbridge Of Libya

Sorley MacLean

Though I am to-day against the breast of battle, not here my
burden and extremity; not Rommel's guns and tanks, but that
my darling should be crooked and a liar.




Quotes of the Day

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
• Robert Burton


Poems of the Day
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    The Sun Got All Over Everything
    by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
    Over the boys and girls by the pool, over the bougainvillea, which got so hot my palms stayed warm for minutes after. It made a mess of a day that was supposed to be the worst and lured me outside so I ...