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Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

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              1Men seldom make passes
              2At girls who wear glasses.


Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
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Original text: Enough Rope: Poems by Dorothy Parker (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926): 85. PS 3531 A5855E5 Robarts Library
First publication date: 16 August 1925
Publication date note: New York World (Aug. 16, 1925): V-3.
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1999.
Recent editing: 2:2002/3/6

Form: couplet


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