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January 1923 John Peale Bishop

Song JOHN PEALE BISHOP January 1923

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Song

January 1923 John Peale Bishop

Song

JOHN PEALE BISHOP

WHO is there to defame her Although she is faithless? I have heard no man name her But at once he was breathless To say that the Beauty she has Is more terrible than white brass.

And no woman can blame her That she's no roof to cover Her head and cannot long tame her Heart, her hoyden heart, to one lover: Because her life is set on the rack For no man, hut for a song's sake.

January 1923 | Vanity Fair

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