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Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets

By R. E. Egerton-Warburton

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[To paint some charms, as poets feign]

To paint some charms, as poets feign,
Twice ten thousand words are vain.
To make Aminta's features known
We need but three—rouge, skin, and bone.