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It's certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat.

Michael Robartes and the Dancer, 1921. A Prayer for My Daughter
There's a woman like a dewdrop, she's so purer than the purest.

A Blot in the 'Scutcheon
Round and round, like a dance of snow
In a dazzling drift, as its guardians, go
Floating the women faded for ages,
Sculptured in stone on the poet's pages.

Women and Roses
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