Frederick Locker-Lampson, To My Mistress's Boots.
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Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights, And I trow The damsel, deftly shod, Has dutifully trod Until now.

— Frederick Locker-Lampson on Shoemaking

What It Means

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Frederick Locker-Lampson

About Frederick Locker-Lampson

Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) was an English man of letters and poet.