THE
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T. S.
ELIOT
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The Waste Land

Lines 199-201

O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter
And on her daughter
They wash their feet in soda water

Eliot's Note

199. I do not know the origin of the ballad from which these lines are taken: it was reported to me from Sydney, Australia.