“This cabinet is formed of gold
And pearl and crystal shining bright,
And within it opens into a world
And a little lovely moony night.”

The Crystal Cabinet, st. 2
1800s, Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (c. 1805)

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

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