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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

On Lucretia Borgia’s Hair

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

BORGIA, thou once wert almost too august

And high for adoration; now thou’rt dust;

All that remains of thee these plaits unfold,

Calm hair, meandering in pellucid gold.