“Love, Fear and Hate and Childish Toys
Are here discreetly blent;
Admire, you ladies, read, you boys,
My Country Sentiment.”

— Robert Graves

"A First Review"
Country Sentiment (1920)

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English poet and novelist 1895–1985

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