“Fearless in honesty, gentle yet just,
He warmly can love, and can hate”

Nature's Nobleman (1844)
Context: Fearless in honesty, gentle yet just,
He warmly can love, and can hate;
Nor will he bow down, with his face in the dust,
To Fashion's intolerant state;

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English writer and poet 1810–1889

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