A Particular tenderness | George Sand to Gustave Flaubert, 1866

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1. 11 November, 1866

   I send you my friend Despruneaux in person. If you know a judge or two,—or if your brother could give him a word of support, do arrange it, I kiss you three times on each eye.

   George Sand, letter to Gustave Flaubert

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2. Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man,
   Self-called George Sand! whose soul, amid the lions
   Of thy tumultuous senses, moans defiance
   And answers roar for roar, as spirits can:
   I would some mild miraculous thunder ran
   Above the applauded circus, in appliance
   Of thine own nobler nature's strength and science,
   Drawing two pinions, white as wings of swan,
   From thy strong shoulders, to amaze the place
   With holier light! that thou to woman's claim
   And man's, mightst join beside the angel's grace
   Of a pure genius sanctified from blame
   Till child and maiden pressed to thine embrace
   To kiss upon thy lips a stainless fame.

   To George Sand: A Desire / Elizabeth Barrett Browning / 1853

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