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AGE
You say that things most beautiful are old,And challenge any to give truth the lie:
“For think a little undistractedly
Of the fabric of S. Mark's deep-grainèd gold,
The perfumed dust of centuries its mould,
Oh, think! And when in Beauty you would vie,
Beauty of youth with age's subtlety,
Contrast the Langtry's profile, dewy, bold,
With the majesty sustained in front of time:
The long, evasive queenship of the years,
Illusions, disillusions of her prime
Wrought into recollection that appears
In the rich profile that attests her now
Bronze in security of lip and brow.”
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