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Brown Study on poem Bells For John Whiteside's Daughter

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  Onslaught
  Oct 12 12:51 AM 2006
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  What is everyone's interpretation of the "brown study."
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  I-Like-Rhymes
  October 12, 2006
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  When I was growing up (in England) a brown study was an unusually serious contemplation in which the 'studier' was so wrapped up they ignored their surroundings. It was uually accompanied by a frown or serious expression.
  It was often used about a person with a normally cheerful disposition.
  Jim

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