The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson - With a memoir by Arthur Symons by Ernest Christopher Dowson
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THE LADY[_Taking a lily._] Here is my fan! PIERROT So, use it with intent: The deadliest arm in beauty's armament! THE LADY What do we next? PIERROT We talk! THE LADY But what about? PIERROT We quiz the company and praise the rout; Are polished, petulant, malicious, sly, Or what you will, so reputations die. Observe the Duchess in Venetian lace, With the red eminence. THE LADY A pretty face! PIERROT For something tarter set thy wits to search-- "She loves the churchman better than the church." |
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