by Marjory Fleming (1803 - 1811)
Sonnet on a Monkey
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Language: English
O lovely O most charming pug Thy graceful air and heav'nly mug The beauties of his mind do shine And ev'ry bit is shaped so fine Your very tail is most devine Your teeth is whiter than the snow You are a great buck and a bow Your eyes are of so fine a shape More like a christians than an ape His cheeks is like the roses blume Your hair is like the ravens plume His noses cast is of the roman He is a very pretty weoman I could not get a rhyme for roman And was oblidged to call it weoman
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