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First Line: Beauty hath a silken skin
Last Line: Beauty cannot conquer love.
Subject(s): Beauty; Love


Beauty hath a silken skin,
Creamy white to travel in;
Sparkle, dimple, winning grace,
What surpasseth Beauty's face?

This surpasseth: eyes to see
What the charms of Beauty be;
This surpasseth: eager mind
Beauty's soul to seek and find.

Beauty with a snowy hand
Hath the power to command,
Turneth armies left or right:
What surpasseth Beauty's might?

This surpasseth: Love alone
Matches might with Beauty's own;
Queenly seated far above,
Beauty cannot conquer Love.





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