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VAIN COMPARISONS
If I shall say thy brows are fair
As alabaster; and thine eyes
Do rival, in those hues they wear,
Morn's azure, pale complexioned, skies;
If, the warm tangles of thy hair, I vow,
Gleam, as a streamlet's depth the sun doth show:
As alabaster; and thine eyes
Do rival, in those hues they wear,
Morn's azure, pale complexioned, skies;
If, the warm tangles of thy hair, I vow,
Gleam, as a streamlet's depth the sun doth show:
If I shall call thee by the name
Of some chaste Nymph, or classic Dear,
Meaning, hereby, to make thy fame
Beyond all rivalship appear;
If I shall search for every curious word
Wherewith t' express thee, that the world has heard:
Of some chaste Nymph, or classic Dear,
Meaning, hereby, to make thy fame
Beyond all rivalship appear;
If I shall search for every curious word
Wherewith t' express thee, that the world has heard:
Yet there remains that, last, untold,
Eluding all our art to tell,
By whose sweet magic thou dost hold
Me, body and soul, within thy spell:
Th' ineffable Virtue, by whose grace thou art
Thyself, my Dearest; and Thyself apart!
Eluding all our art to tell,
By whose sweet magic thou dost hold
Me, body and soul, within thy spell:
Th' ineffable Virtue, by whose grace thou art
Thyself, my Dearest; and Thyself apart!
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