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NANCY by ELINOR WYLIE

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU ARE A ROSE, BUT SET WITH SHARPEST SPINE
Last Line: MINGLED, TO MIX, AND MAKE YOU WHAT YOU ARE, %MAGIC BETWEEN THE SUGAR AND THE SPICE

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS OF ELINOR WYLIE. WILLIAM ROSE BENET (ED.)
  WYLIE, ELINOR
  (1932)
 



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