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TO ------

[Die when you will, you need not wear]

Moria pur quando vuol, non è bisogna mutar ni faccia ni voce per esser un Angelo.

Die when you will, you need not wear
At Heaven's Court a form more fair
Than Beauty here on earth has given;
Keep but the lovely looks we see—
The voice we hear—and you will be
An angel ready-made for Heaven!
 

The words addressed by Lord Herbert of Cherbury to the beautiful Nun at Murano. —See his Life.