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FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 1. JOHN SINGER SARGENT, by                    
First Line: Day- / a formal garden carefully laid out
Last Line: In the formal, artificial garden.
Subject(s): Humanity; Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); Social Classes; Caste


DAY—
A formal garden carefully laid out
Closely cropped box-trees and the brilliant hues
Of myriad flowers.

The world—
But not the weary world;
Not the care-laden, toiling, sweating world.
The world of pleasure.

Plutocracy—
Superiority of wealth and learning.
Power, position, sleekness, snobbishness.

Society—five o'clock tea—
Five o'clock tea in the garden;
In the perfect garden;
In the formal, artificial garden.





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