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THE UNSPOTTED ONES by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THINK YOU, DEMOISELLE DEMURE
Last Line: AH, BUT NOT HALF SO PURE AS FIRE.
Subject(s): PASSION; VIRTUE;
THINK you, demoiselle demure,
That to be cold is to be pure?
Pure is the snow -- till mixed with mire!
Ah, but not half so pure as fire.



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