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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge
Trowbridge, J. T. (1827-1916)
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1.
BOOK I
2.
BOOK II
3.
BOOK III
[Companions of my charméd nights and days]
THE BOOK OF GOLD AND OTHER POEMS
4.
BOOK IV
5.
BOOK V
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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge
TEMPTATION
How
sweet, till past, then hideous evermore!
Like that false fay the legend tells us of,
That seemed a lovely woman, viewed before,
But, from behind, all hollow, like a trough.
The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge