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Verses Made for Fruit-Women: Oranges
Living
Come buy my fine oranges, sauce for your veal,
And charming, when squeezed in a pot of brown ale;
Well roasted, with sugar and wine in a cup,
They'll make a sweet bishop when gentlefolks sup.
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MLA
Swift, Jonathan. “Verses Made for Fruit-Women: Oranges.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/108/.
Chicago
Swift, Jonathan. “Verses Made for Fruit-Women: Oranges.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/108/.
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