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Theory (1917) by Wallace Stevens

I am what is around me.

Women understand this.
One is not duchess
A hundred yards from a carriage.

These, then are portraits:
A black vestibule;
A high bed sheltered by curtains.

These are merely instances.

 

Source: Others: an Anthology of the New Verse

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York

European Art: Mezzanine»

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