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" I spend almost every morning with mail. "

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" A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious. "

" As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does. "

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" I've nothing against the Queen personally. I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time. "

" Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home. "

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