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1871–1940

YOUNG BEAUTY

William H. Davies

When at each door the ruffian winds Have laid a dying man to groan, And filled the air on winter nights With cries of infants left alone;

And every thing that has a bed Will sigh for others that have none: On such a night, when bitter cold, Young Beauty, full of love thoughts sweet,

Can redden in her looking-glass; With but one gown on, in bare feet, She from her own reflected charms Can feel the joy of summer's heat.

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