Carolina Quotes'Daring with my poem 'Special Pleading' to give myself such freedom as I desired, in my own style'
Sidney Lanier Connected to the Carolinas
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From Memorial by William Hayes Ward to The Poems of Sidney Lanier (ed. Mary D Lanier)
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“'Daring with my poem 'Special Pleading' to give myself such …” Sidney Lanier. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8933293FCA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8933293fca
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