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Edmund Spenser on Beauty

1550–1599 England

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For all that faire is, is by nature good;
That is a signe to know the gentle blood.

Fowre Hymnes (1596)

That beauty is not, as fond men misdeem,
An outward shew of things, that only seem.

Fowre Hymnes (1596)

Her face so faire, as flesh it seemed not,
But heavenly pourtraict of bright angels' hew,
Cleare as the skye withouten blame or blot,
Through goodly mixture of complexion's dew.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edmund Spenser (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.