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Robert Southey with his daughters was considered the most responsible of the Lake Poets. Credit (all images) The Bridgean Art Library
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  • The Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge

    Katie Waldegrave

    Hutchinson, pp. 416

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