Social Commentaries
On the Lady Manchester
From Poems on Several Occasions
Social Commentaries
While haughty Gallia's dames, that spread
O'er their pale cheeks an artful red,
Beheld this beauteous stranger there,
In native charms divinely fair;
Confusion in their looks they show'd;
And with unborrow'd blushes glow'd.
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MLA
Addison, Joseph. “On the Lady Manchester.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/addison/13/.
Chicago
Addison, Joseph. “On the Lady Manchester.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/addison/13/.
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