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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEATH OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL, by VIRGINIA MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: She was a double gardenia
Last Line: A dark brown odor.
Alternate Author Name(s): Untermeyer, Louis, Mrs.
Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dead, The
First Line: She was a double gardenia
Last Line: A dark brown odor.
Alternate Author Name(s): Untermeyer, Louis, Mrs.
Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dead, The
She was a double gardenia
As red as thunder,
With amorous air above her,
And black loam, under.
The Breaker-of-Stems wrenched rudely
To incommode her,
And now, instead of fragance,
A dark brown odor.
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