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Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop
| I met the Bishop on the road | | And much said he and I. | | ‘Those breasts are flat and fallen now, | | Those
veins must soon be dry; | | Live in a heavenly mansion, | | Not in some foul sty.’ | | | | | | ‘Fair and foul are near of kin, | | And fair needs foul,’ I cried. | | ‘My friends are gone, but that’s a truth | | Nor grave nor bed denied, | | Learned
in bodily lowliness | | And in the heart’s pride. | | | | | | ‘A woman can be proud and stiff | | When on love intent; | | But
Love has pitched his mansion in | | The place of excrement; | | For nothing can be sole or whole | | That has not
been rent.’ |
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By PanEris
using Melati.
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