“They wore their strange beauty like war paint.”
Holly Black book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
“Wore it in a churchyard,
All arrayed with care;
And a painted rainbow
Shone above her there.”
"The Vestal"
The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)
Context: p>Finally she faltered;
Saw at last, forsooth,
Every gaudy color
Is a bit of truth.
Then the gates were opened;
Miracles were seen;
That instructed damsel
Donned a gown of green;Wore it in a churchyard,
All arrayed with care;
And a painted rainbow
Shone above her there.</p
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