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THE ROBE OF THEMIS by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW JUSTICE IN HER COURTS MAY BEST BE CLOTHED
Last Line: ERMINE SET OFF WITH MOTLEY.
Subject(s): CLOTHING & DRESS;

HOW Justice in her courts may best be clothed
Moves me not much or hotly;
But there's one garb that I have ever loathed --
Ermine set off with motley.



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