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The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington

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Harington, John (1560-1612)

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37 Of a faire Shrew.

Faire, rich, and yong? how rare is her perfection,
Were it not mingled with one foule infection?
I meane, so proud a heart, so curst a tongue,
As makes her seeme, nor faire, nor rich, nor yong.
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