“Jubal had a frame
Fashioned to finer senses, which became
A yearning for some hidden soul of things”

—  George Eliot

The Legend of Jubal (1869)
Context: Jubal had a frame
Fashioned to finer senses, which became
A yearning for some hidden soul of things,
Some outward touch complete on inner springs
That vaguely moving bred a lonely pain,
A want that did but stronger grow with gain
Of all good else, as spirits might be sad
For lack of speech to tell us they are glad.

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English novelist, journalist and translator 1819–1880

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