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LINES UNDER THE PICTURE OF MISS BURNS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing
Last Line: Had a woman ever less?


Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing,
Lovely Burns has charms -- confess:
True it is, she had one failing,
Had a woman ever less?





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