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EPIGRAM: TO AN UGLY WOMAN WITH A SWEET VOICE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: WHEN FIRST I MET THEE - IN THE DARK ALONE
Last Line: BUT WHEN I SAW THEE, I WAS WELL AGAIN!
Subject(s): UGLINESS; VOICES;

WHEN first I met thee -- in the dark alone --
And heard entranced thy voice's dulcet tone,
My heart was pierced with love's delicious pain;
But when I saw thee, I was well again!



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