Possible Clues:

• Notwithstanding, briefly
• Notwithstanding that
• Notwithstanding the fact that, briefly
• Notwithstanding that, poetically
• Regardless of the fact that, briefly
• "OTOH ..."
• In spite of the fact, to poets
• Even if, in verse
• In spite of the fact that, in brief
• In spite of the fact that, for short