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Venetian Interior

by Elinor Wylie

Elinor Wylie

Allegra, rising from her canopied dreams,
Slides both white feet across the slanted beams
Which lace the peacock jalousies: behold
An idol of fine clay, with feet of gold




Last updated January 14, 2019

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I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

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