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TO MISS ELEANOR AMBROSE ON THE OCCASION OF HER WEARING ... by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE

First Line: SAY, LOVELY TORY, WHY THE JEST
Last Line: THE WHITE OF THE REBEL ROSE?
Subject(s): LOVE;

Say, lovely Tory, why the Jest,
Of wearing Orange on thy Breast,
When the same Breast betraying shows
The white of the rebel Rose?



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