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To —— ("I do not ask if an illustrious name")
From Poems (1853)
Relationships
I do not ask if an illustrious name
Has shed upon thy birth its purple glow;
Nor do I ask what titles thou canst claim,
What ribbon favors, such as kings bestow.
Why should I, when upon thy brow I see,
In its expression of all lofty things,
The insignia of that true nobility
That bears the impress of the King of kings?
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MLA
Botta, Anne Lynch. “To —— ("I do not ask if an illustrious name").” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/botta/75/.
Chicago
Botta, Anne Lynch. “To —— ("I do not ask if an illustrious name").” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/botta/75/.
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