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<h2 class="nobreak">ADVICE TO A WOMAN</h2>
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<div class="verse">The sloping lines of your shoulders</div>
<div class="verse">Speak of Chinese pagodas.</div>
<div class="verse">They clash with your western face</div>
<div class="verse">Where child and courtesan</div>
<div class="verse">Clasp each other in a feigned embrace.</div>
<div class="verse">Life, to you, is a liquid mirror.</div>
<div class="verse">You stand with delicate, perpetual amazement,</div>
<div class="verse">Vainly seeking your reflection.</div>
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