Fram'd again no second smell. Roses, violets, but toys For the smaller sort of boys, Or for greener damsels meant ; Thou art the only manly scent. Stinking'st of the stinking kind, Filth of the mouth and fog of the mind, Africa, that brags her foyson,... Poems, plays and Rosamund Gray - Page 96by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903Full view - About this book
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