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Philip Larkin

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But, o, photography! as no art is,
Faithful and disappointing! That records
Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds,
And will not censor blemishes,
Like washing-lines, and Hall's-Distemper boards
--
'Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album'

 
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