Social Commentaries
On a Battered Beauty
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Social Commentaries
Hair, wax, rouge, honey, teeth, you buy,
A multifarious store!
A mask at once would all supply,
Nor would it cost you more.
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Codex Note
Translated from the Greek.
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Cowper, William. “On a Battered Beauty.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/394/.
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Cowper, William. “On a Battered Beauty.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/394/.
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