A young Apollo, golden-haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife, Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life.
Frances Cornford Quotes
I hope to meet my Maker brow to brow And find my own the higher.
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| Birth: | 30th March, 1886 |
| Death: | 19th August, 1960 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Frances Crofts Cornford was an English poet; because of the similarity of her Christian name and her husband's, she was known to her family before her marriage as "FCD" and after her marriage as "FCC" and her husband Francis Cornford was known as "FMC". Her father Sir Francis Darwin, a son of Charles Darwin, yet another 'Francis', was known to their family as "Frank", or as "Uncle Frank".
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