Arts & Sciences
Monna Lisa
From Heartsease and Rue
Arts & Sciences
She gave me all that woman can,
Nor her soul's nunnery forego,
A confidence that man to man
Without remorse can never show.
Rare art, that can the sense refine
Till not a pulse rebellious stirs,
And, since she never can be mine,
Makes it seem sweeter to be hers!
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MLA
Lowell, James Russell. “Monna Lisa.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell/282/.
Chicago
Lowell, James Russell. “Monna Lisa.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell/282/.
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