Verse For Today
Coquette and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected; Careless she is, with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected. With skill her eyes dart every glance, Yet change so soon you’d ne’er suspect them, For she’d persuade they wound by chance, Though certain aim and art direct them. She likes herself, yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes; And, while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises. From “ Fair Amoret,” by William Congreve, 1670-1729.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27390, 16 May 1950, Page 1
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89Verse For Today Otago Daily Times, Issue 27390, 16 May 1950, Page 1
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