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THE TEA SHOP by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE GIRL IN THE TEA SHOP
Last Line: SHE ALSO WILL TURN MIDDLE-AGED.

The girl in the tea shop
is not so beautiful as she was,
The August has worn against her.
She does not get up the stairs so eagerly;
Yes, she also will turn middle-aged,
And the glow of youth that she spread about us
as she brought us our muffins
Will be spread about us no longer.
She also will turn middle-aged.



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