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During his years in the seminary, Velarde had spent his holidays in Jerez. During one of these trips, he met Josefa de los Ríos, a distant relative eight years his senior, who made a deep impression on him. The earliest poem ascribed to
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to power. Trying to escape the political turmoil of Mexico City, he returned to San Luis Potosí. He began his courtship of María de
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