Leonora, Leonora, How the word rolls—Leonora—Lion-like, in full-mouthed sound, Marching o’er the metric ground With a tawny tread sublime; So your name moves, Leonora, Down my desert rhyme.
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Showing all quotesBirth: | 1826 |
Death: | 12th October, 1887 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
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Dinah Maria Craik was born in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire, England. She was an English novelist and poet. Her own favourite novel was A life for a life. She is best known for the novel John Halifax, Gentleman. She also published some poetry, narratives of tours in Ireland and Cornwall, and A Woman's Thoughts about Women. Her final book, An Unknown Country, was published by Macmillan in 1887.
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