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January 2, 2013 with 439 notes
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Digby Mackworth Dolben, age 19, c. 1867 This English poet frequently wore a monk’s habit while at Eton and wrote obsessive verse about a classmate with whom he was in love. He died at 19 while swimming with his tutor in a river, though some suggest he might have committed suicide, distraught over his unrequited love.  “The Strangely Troubled Life of Digby Mackworth Dolben,” Public Domain Review Submitted by thecreepsies

Digby Mackworth Dolben, age 19, c. 1867

This English poet frequently wore a monk’s habit while at Eton and wrote obsessive verse about a classmate with whom he was in love. He died at 19 while swimming with his tutor in a river, though some suggest he might have committed suicide, distraught over his unrequited love. 

“The Strangely Troubled Life of Digby Mackworth Dolben,” Public Domain Review

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