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. . . Shakespeare had a sister; but do not
look for her in Sir Sidney Lee’s life of the
poet. She died young —alas, she never
wrote a word.. . . Now my belief is that
this poet who never wrote a word and was
buried at the crossroads still lives. She lives
in you and in me, and in many other women who are not here tonight, for they are
washing up the dishes and putting the
children to bed. But she lives; for great
poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the opportunity to
walk among us in the flesh. This opportunity, as I think, it is now coming within
your power to give her. For my belief is
that if we live another century or so—I
