Bee not proud cause fair and trim
Language: English 
Bee not proud cause fair and trim, 
But let those lips be tasted, 
Those eyes will hollow prove and dim; 
That lip and brow be wasted, 
And to love whole be perswaded, 
Sullied slowr's or beauty faded. 
O thou art soft as is the ayre, 
Or the words that court the faire, 
Then let those flames by Lovers felt, 
That scorch'd my heart, make thine to melt.

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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-27
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