| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8283 |
| QUOTATION: | Perfect little body, without fault or stain on thee, With promise of strength and manhood full and fair! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robert Bridges (18441930), British poet, critic. On a Dead Child (l. 12). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 12501950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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