Social Commentaries
Fragments Written at Down-Hall: To Her Loose Dress She Calls Some Foreign Aid
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
To her loose dress She calls some foreign Aid
That shows the wanton fears to dye a Maid
Some flow'ry Honor from the neighbo'ring field
Or Emblem taken from her Lovers Shield
Yet when her fine degrees thy Column rise
Their secret charms illude our captive Eyes
With too much Science we admire Thee wrought
Yet praise thy Beauty while we own thy Fault.
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MLA
Prior, Matthew. “Fragments Written at Down-Hall: To Her Loose Dress She Calls Some Foreign Aid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/273/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “Fragments Written at Down-Hall: To Her Loose Dress She Calls Some Foreign Aid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/273/.
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