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Mme. Defarge

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Tue Aug 30, 2022, 04:46 PM
Aug 2022

Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

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That would make a perfect epitaph wouldn't it? KPN Aug 2022 #1
This - Mme. Defarge Aug 2022 #2
Honest to pete... Peacetrain Aug 2022 #3
New Ken Burns film: The Tiny Hands That Mocked Ponietz Aug 2022 #4
Formidable! Mme. Defarge Aug 2022 #5
This also evokes the sense of the poem Ponietz Aug 2022 #6
Good catch! Mme. Defarge Aug 2022 #7
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