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First Line: Mrs. B -- , when she sat for her picture
Last Line: "without any mouth, ma'am, at all."
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Mouths; Paintings & Painters; Portraits


MRS. B——, when she sat for her picture,
Intent upon looking her best,
Her mouth to the smallest of circles
By screwing and twisting comprest.

Said the painter, "Why take so much trouble
To make its circumference small?
If you wish it, your face shall be painted
Without any mouth, ma'am, at all."





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