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Tribute to Mary Evans ie George Eliot epigram

STRAND POETIC REVIEW sept 24

GEORGE ELIOT
An an epigram form  of George Eliot the English novelist/poet, as exampled in Chap 8 of her book Daniel Deronda.Here is her epigram style

What name doth Joy most borrow
when life is fair ?
                          Tomorrow !
What name does best fit sorrow
In young despair?
                           Tomorrow !
A talent
that outlived
passing fame-
hidden beneath
her lover's name.
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