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Marianne Moore "Spenser's Ireland"

I'm troubled, I'm dissatisfied, I'm Irish.

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Marianne Moore

(1887-1972) U.S. poet Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. www.english-slang.com

John P. Mahaffy

(1839-1919), Irish scholar Ireland is a country in which the probable never happens and the impossible always does. www.english-slang.com

George Moore

(1852-1933), Irish author The wrong way always seems the more reasonable. www.english-slang.com

George Moore

(1852-1933), Irish author I am too much interested in other men's wives to think of getting one of my own. www.english-slang.com

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