A Crooked Looking Glass

James McIntyre (1828?–1906) · Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames · 1884

A maiden cried, “Alas!
With horror I’ll expire,
Unless you bring me
That true glass
I bought of McIntyre.”

Where this text comes from

First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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Cite this poem

James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “A Crooked Looking Glass.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/a-crooked-looking-glass/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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