I will not say that thou wast true,
Yet let me say that thou wast fair!
And they that lovely face who view,
They should not ask if truth be there.

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Revised (1885) | I must not say that thou wast true, Yet let me say that thou wast fair; And they, that lovely face who view, Why should they ask if truth be there?

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