Lady Clara Vere de Vere
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Lady Clara Vere de Vere is an English poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, part of the collection The Lady of Shalott, and Other Poems, published in 1842. The poem is about a lady in a family of aristocrats, and has numerous noble references, such as to earls or coats of arms. One such line from the poem goes, "Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood." This line gave the title to the film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Lewis Carroll's poem Echoes is based on Lady Clare Vere de Vere.
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Lady Clara Vere de Vere,
- Of me you shall not win renown
You thought to break a country heart
- For pastime, ere you went to town.
At me you smiled, but unbeguiled
- I saw the snare, and I retired;
The daughter of a hundred earls,
- You are not one to be desired.
Lady Clara Vere de Vere,
- I know you proud to bear your name,
Your pride is yet no mate for mine,
- Too proud to care from whence I came.
Nor would I break for your sweet sake
- A heart that dotes on truer charms.
A simple maiden in her flower
- Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms.
