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Can't I another's face commend,
And to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lowers,
As if her merit lessen'd yours?


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Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.


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Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies,
And love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.


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The maid who modestly conceals
Her beauties, while she hides, reveals;
Give but a glimpse, and fancy draws
Whate'er the Grecian Venus was.


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'T is now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.

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But from the hoop's bewitching round,
Her very shoe has power to wound.


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Edward Moore

Edward Moore

Born: March 22, 1712
Died: March 1, 1757 (aged 44)
Bio: Edward Moore, English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire.
Known for:
  1. Principia Ethica
  2. The Elements of Ethics
  3. Philosophy of G. E. Moore
  4. Ethics and The Nature of Moral Philosophy
  5. A Defence of Common Sense

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