Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/17/14

English: Portrait drawing of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“You were made perfectly to be loved – and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.”   —   Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Muse of Poetry, by Edward Onslow Ford (1891) (Photo credit: chrisjohnbeckett)

 

(That’s great, hon.  Now, can I have another beer, please?  The weird thing is, this drawing of Liz kind of reminds me of an old girlfriend I had, back when I was a strapping young lad.  I probably wasn’t all that romantic back then either.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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