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Other desires and other hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!
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“Other desires and other hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!”

Emily Brontë

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Remembrance — Emily Brontë
Date
1846
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New desires and hopes can enter life without necessarily betraying the person who is remembered, allowing continuation and fidelity to coexist.

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“Remembrance,” Project Gutenberg #1019. The speaker is negotiating loyalty to a lost beloved rather than announcing a universal timetable for moving on.

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