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OF QUINTIA AND LESBIA by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: QUINTIA IS HANDSOME, FAIR, TALL, STRAIGHT, ALL THESE
Last Line: ALL GRACES AND ALL WIT FROM ALL HATH BORE.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;
QUINTIA is handsome, fair, tall, straight, all these
Very particulars I grant with ease:
But she all o'er's not handsome; here's her fault:
In all that bulk there's not one corn of salt;
Whilst Lesbia, fair, and handsome too all o'er,
All graces and all wit from all hath bore.



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