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THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 2. PRELUDE. LAIS AND LUCRETIA by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: DID FIRST HIS BEAUTY WAKE HER SIGHS
Last Line: WAS ADMIRATION OF HER OWN.

Did first his beauty wake her sighs?
That's Lais! Thus Lucretia's known:
The beauty in her Lover's eyes
Was admiration of her own.



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