Nature
On a Fair Woman
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Nature
In this green chest is laid away
The fairest frock she ever wore;
It clothed her both by night and day,
And none shall wear it evermore.
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MLA
Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett. “On a Fair Woman.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coutts_fbm/5/.
Chicago
Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett. “On a Fair Woman.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coutts_fbm/5/.
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