"Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel. She, like thee, was forced to bear All reflections, foul or fair. Thou art deep and bright within,— Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne; Thou art very frail as well, Frail as flesh is,—so was Nell."
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Samuel Laman Blanchard, Nell Gwynne's Looking Glass (1843), Stanza 1.
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