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To a young lady-

December 1, 2011
By DanteTveitan SILVER, Hilliard, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"A misanthrope I can understand- a womanthrope never." -Oscar Wilde

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Young Mademoiselle once questioned me,

"Whatever then is Beauty?"

As if to intend a playful mockery

because she knew as well as me...

 

'Tis it not the spark of fantasy in thee?

The necessary eau-de-vie-

The cure to all ennui-

The resonance of the artist's plea-

Is it not proof of She?

© Ashley L., New Milford, CT

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