The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE. |
 | The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe |  |
ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE.
Here Nature in her glass—the wanton elf—Sits gravely making faces at herself;
And, while she scans each clumsy feature o'er,
Repeats the blunders that she made before!
| The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe | |