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Poem by Walter Savage Landor


On Seeing a Hair of Lucretia Borgia


Borgia, thou once wert almost too august
And high for adoration; now thou'rt dust.
All that remains of thee these plaits unfold,
Calm hair, meandering in pellucid gold.



Walter Savage Landor


Walter Savage Landor's other poems:
  1. Twenty Years Hence My Eyes May Grow
  2. With Rosy Hand a Little Girl Prest Down
  3. To Robert Browning
  4. Well I Remember How You Smiled
  5. Yes; I Write Verses Now and Then


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