11 January The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.
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Published on this day
- 1818 Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Annie Tinsley: maybe anon maybe Peet, Henry, 1856-1938, Antiquary and Writer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy: Rice Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Maude Annesley: Mendelsohn, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jasper Fforde: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Gordon Hake: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Hardy: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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