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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON THE SIGHT OF THE PORTRAIT OF A FEMALE FRIEND, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon those lips, those placid lips, I look
Last Line: And ask not speech from them, but long for breath.
Subject(s): Portraits
First Line: Upon those lips, those placid lips, I look
Last Line: And ask not speech from them, but long for breath.
Subject(s): Portraits
Upon those lips, those placid lips, I look
Nor grieve that they are still and mute as death;
I gaze -- I read as in an Angel's Book,
And ask not speech from them, but long for breath.
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