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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHY NOT?, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "if bet bedecks herself with gems, bestirs herself when bid"
Last Line: "herself with food, and feel beglad a nice book to beread?"
Subject(s): Language; Words;vocabulary
First Line: "if bet bedecks herself with gems, bestirs herself when bid"
Last Line: "herself with food, and feel beglad a nice book to beread?"
Subject(s): Language; Words;vocabulary
If Bet bedecks herself with gems, bestirs herself when bid,
And feels benumbed when very cold -- bewails her lot when chid,
Why shouldn't she bedress herself with garments, and befeed
Herself with food, and feel beglad a nice book to beread?
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