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LOVE'S BLINDNESS.
They call her fair. I do not know:
I never thought to look.
Who heeds the binder's costliest show
When he may read the book?
I never thought to look.
Who heeds the binder's costliest show
When he may read the book?
What need a list of parts to me
When I possess the whole?
Who only watch her eyes to see
The colour of her soul.
When I possess the whole?
Who only watch her eyes to see
The colour of her soul.
I may not praise her mouth, her chin,
Her feet, her hands, her arms:
My love lacks leisure to begin
The schedule of her charms.
Her feet, her hands, her arms:
My love lacks leisure to begin
The schedule of her charms.
To praise is only to compare:
And therefore Love is blind.
I loved before I was aware
Her beauty was of kind.
And therefore Love is blind.
I loved before I was aware
Her beauty was of kind.
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