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VARIATION ON BEN JONSON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beauty! And oh 'twas I who saw
Last Line: All beauty, and all in one spot.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Beauty; Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Poetry & Poets


Beauty! and oh 'twas I who saw
It pure! So perfect that the frame
Of all the universe seemed lame
Compared with what no line could draw,
Nor mind therefrom infer a law!
Art, not yet in failing learned!
A sundry never stopped or turned!
Life's fair march made without a halt;
Her curious form without a fault;
Her story written without blot!
All beauty, and all in one spot.




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