Living
In the Odour of Sanctity Miriam Abounds
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
In the odour of sanctity Miriam abounds,
Her husband's is nearer the odour of hounds,
With a dash of the cess-pool, a dash of the sty,
And the water of cabbages running hard-by.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “In the Odour of Sanctity Miriam Abounds.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/582/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “In the Odour of Sanctity Miriam Abounds.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/582/.
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