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Her Manners Had Not That Repose Which Stamps The Caste Of Vere De Vere.
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Her manners had not that repose
Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Stanza 5
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From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.
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