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ON A WHITE MUSLIN DRESS IN A MODISTE'S WINDOW by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: DEMURE WHITE FROCK WHICH I ESPY
Last Line: DEEM YOUR WHITE FROCK!
Subject(s): EYES;

DEMURE white frock which I espy,
What slender damsel will buy
This miracle of dainty dress
And grace it with her loveliness,
The bliss of every doting eye?

Upon a dummy figure lie
These tender folds, and seem to sigh
Some softer bosom to possess,
Demure white frock!

I can't resist. The price is high,
But my cigars I will deny;
I'll get the thing for you, dear Bess,
And when you wear it, I'll confess
How utterly entrancing I
Deem your white frock!



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