For I could tell you a story which is true; I know a lady with a terrible tongue, Blear eyes fallen from blue, All her perfections tarnished—and yet it is not long Since she was lovelier than any of you.
ATTRIBUTION:
John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), U.S. poet. Blue Girls (l. 13–17). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company.
