Note 825 — Chapter XIII · ENGLISH EDENS
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In Crete the Forerunner of Greece, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes remark that Browning’s great monologue corresponds perfectly with all we know of the Minoan goddess—
I shed in Hell o’er my pale people peace On earth, I caring for the creatures guard Each pregnant yellow wolf and fox-bitch sleek, And every feathered mother’s callow brood, And all that love green haunts and loneliness.