Social Commentaries
On an Ugly Person Sitting for a Daguerreotype
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Here Nature in her glass--the wanton elf--
Sits gravely making faces at herself;
And while she scans each clumsy feature o'er,
Repeats the blunders that she made before!
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Saxe, John G. “On an Ugly Person Sitting for a Daguerreotype.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/11/.
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Saxe, John G. “On an Ugly Person Sitting for a Daguerreotype.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/11/.
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