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First Line: Would that I were a turnip white
Last Line: With deep-cut scolloped edges and a rim.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Writing & Writers


Would that I were a turnip white,
Or raven black,
Or miserable hack
Dragging a cab from left to right;
Or would I were the showman of a sight,
Or weary donkey with a laden back,
Or racer in a sack,
Or freezing traveller on an Alpine height;
Or would I were straw catching as I drown,
(A wretched landsman I who cannot swim,)
Or watching a lone vessel sink,
Rather than writing: I would change my pink
Gauze for a hideous yellow satin gown
With deep-cut scolloped edges and a rim.





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