Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PARAPHRASE, by CHARLES COTTON


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First Line: The beauty that must me delight
Last Line: Would make a mistress to my mind.
Subject(s): Beauty; Love


THE Beauty that must me delight,
Must have a skin and teeth snow white:
Black arched brows, black sprightly eyes,
And a black beauty 'twixt her th- -ghs;
Soft blushing cheeks, a person tall,
Long hair, long hands, and fingers small;
Short teeth; and feet that little are,
Dilated brows, and haunches fair:
Fine silken hair, lips full, and red,
Small nose, with little breast and head:
All these in one, and that one kind
Would make a Mistress to my mind.





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