The Prettiest Dresses Are Worn To Be Taken Off

“She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress”

The Deserted Village. A poem written by Oliver Goldsmith and illustrated by Edwin A. Abbey, R.A. Harper & Brothers, 1902.

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