“It is the glory and good of Art
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth,—to mouths like mine, at least.”

Book XII: The Book and the Ring, line 842.
The Ring and the Book (1868-69)

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English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812–1889

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