Love
A Distinction
From The Angel in the House
Love
The lack of lovely pride, in her
Who strives to please, my pleasure numbs,
And still the maid I most prefer
Whose care to please with pleasing comes.
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MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “A Distinction.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/124/.
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Patmore, Coventry. “A Distinction.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/124/.
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