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THE NEW DOLL'S HOUSE: 5. THE BEDROOMS by HUMBERT WOLFE

First Line: THE BEDROOMS SHALL BE / GAY WITH HINTS
Last Line: HER BED).
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);
THE bedrooms shall be
gay with hints
of flowered Jacobean
chintz,
and all the beds
designed in pale
mahogany by
Chippendale
(weed wide enough,
as William said,
to wrap a fairy in
her bed).



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