Birth
She was born in Hackney, England, a daughter of Thomas John Barnardo, the founder of the Barnardo's charity for destitute children, and his wife, the former Sarah Louise "Syrie" Elmslie.
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And for all it’s worth
Charges into earth
In birth after birth
Ever fresh and fresh.”
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