Love
Compensation
From The Angel in the House
Love
That nothing here may want its praise,
Know, she who in her dress reveals
A fine and modest taste, displays
More loveliness than she conceals.
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MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “Compensation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/130/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “Compensation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/130/.
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