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A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon.
Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
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A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon.
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Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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