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Narrative poems on the Female Character

in the various relations of life. By Mary Russell Mitford ... Vol. I
Mitford, Mary Russell (1787-1855)
  
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IX.

“So spake young Blanch! and the white rose
Her own pure emblem may disclose,
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As fair, as bright, as free from stain;”—
“Why harp'st thou still upon that strain?”
Don Juan cried; “To-morrow's field,
If in that field he dare appear,
Shall force the Knight to me to yield,
Shall from his brow the laurel tear,
The white rose from his shield!”
Merida frown'd a stern adieu,
And the late revellers withdrew.
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