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Fathers and Time

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John Dunn's Love Affair

John Dunn and his wife Anne wrote some of the most ravishing poetry ever written. But she died in her early 30s in childbirth of the 12th child she bore. So their love affair is also one that comes with a fairly sharp note of human frailty attached.

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