“Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,/ How could I seek the empty world again?” – Emily Bronte
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"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,/ How could I seek the empty world again?" – Emily Bronte
"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,/ How could I seek the empty world again?" – Emily Bronte
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