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On Hearing Miss Thrale Consulting with a Friend About a Gown and Hat

Wear the gown and wear the hat,
Snatch thy pleasures while they last;
Hadst thou nine lives, like a cat,
Soon those nine lives would be pass'd.

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  • marsinlovee
    September 1, 2005
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    I like the flow of these four lines. They almost brought me a chuckle.
    A very inspirational and nice written piece of poetry-