9 December The literary calendar
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So for the mother’s sake the child was dear, And dearer was the mother for the child.
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- John Milton: anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Lovelace: William Dobson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anno Birkin: Laurenticwave, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Stephen Phillips: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edith Sitwell: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Patrick Moore: South Downs Planetarium, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized