History & Politics
Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXX
From Poems — Volume 3
History & Politics
He gave no sign of making bare,
Nor she of faintness or despair.
Inflamed with hope that she might win,
If she but coaxed him to begin,
She used all arts for making fain;
The mother with her babe was Jane.
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Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/188/.
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Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/188/.
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