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Thread #138958   Message #3183327
Posted By: autolycus
07-Jul-11 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Annoyingly inaccurate literary references
Subject: RE: BS: Annoyinly inaccurate lit refs
Actually

"The line is from Gertrude Stein's poem Sacred Emily, written in 1913 and published in 1922, in Geography and Plays. The verbatim line is actually, 'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose':

"Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Loveliness extreme.
Extra gaiters,
Loveliness extreme.
Sweetest ice-cream.
Pages ages page ages page ages."

Just to be accuratye.:-)