And if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate... (Washington Irving)

And if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate...

Washington Irving

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