Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep…

Robert Browning
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Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she! ✨ The Complete Works of Robert Browning: Volume XV, with Variant Readings and Annotations.
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Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she! ✨ The Complete Works of Robert Browning: Volume XV, with Variant Readings and Annotations.

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