“All her lovers have passed, her beautiful lovers have passed,
The young and eager men that fought for her arrogant hand,
And the only voice which endures to mourn for her at the last
Is the voice of the lonely land.”

— Vita Sackville-West

"Mariana In The North"
Orchard and Vineyard (1921)

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English writer and gardener 1892–1962

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