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ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: HERE NATURE IN HER GLASS - THE WANTON ELF
Last Line: REPEATS THE BLUNDERS THAT SHE MADE BEFORE!
Subject(s): PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHERS; UGLINESS;
HERE Nature in her glass -- the wanton elf --
Sits gravely making faces at herself;
And, while she scans each clumsy feature o'er,
Repeats the blunders that she made before!



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