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John Brent (antiquary)
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John Brent (21 August 1808 – 23 April 1882) was an English antiquary, novelist, and poet.
Quotes
O, what makes woman lovely? Virtue, faith, And gentleness in suffering—an endurance Through scorn or trial. These call beauty forth, Give it the stamp celestial, and admit it To sisterhood with angels.
"Beauty", Village Bells, Lady Gwendoline, and Other Poems, 2nd ed. (1868), p. 136
External links
Henry Southgate (ed.) What Men Have Said about Woman (1866), p. 17
Category:1808 births
Category:1882 deaths
Category:Poets from England
Category:Novelists from England
Category:Victorian novelists
Category:Victorian poets
Category:People from London