Social Commentaries
Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVI
From Poems — Volume 3
Social Commentaries
For these poor innocents, that slept
Against the sky, soft women wept:
For never did they any theft;
’Twas known when they their camping left,
And jumped the cold out of their rags;
In spirit rich as money-bags.
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Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/174/.
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Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/174/.
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