Beauty

LIBERAL Nature did dispence

To all things Arms for their defence;

And some she arms with sin’ewy force,

And some with swiftness in the course;

Some with hard Hoofs, or forked claws,

And some with Horns, or tusked jaws.

And some with Scales, and some with Wings,

And some with Teeth, and some with Stings.

Wisdom to Man she did afford,

Wisdom for Shield, and Wit for Sword.

What to beauteous Woman-kind,

What Arms, what Armour has she’assigne’d?

Beauty is both; for with the Faire

What Arms, what Armour can compare?

What Steel, what Gold, or Diamond,

More Impassible is found?

And yet what Flame, what Lightning ere

So great an Active force did bear?

They are all weapon, and they dart

Like Porcupines from every part.

Who can, alas, their strength express,

Arm’d when they themselves undress,

Cap a pe* with Nakedness?

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• November by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Mutation by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Love and Folly by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• June by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• William Cullen Bryant – William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Hymn To Death by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Hymn of the City by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• Consumption by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• After a Tempest by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• A Song of Pitcairn’s Island by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant by William Cullen Bryant
• William Henry Davies by Fledermaus
• The Example by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• The Dark Hour by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• The Child and the Mariner by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• The Boy by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• The Bird of Paradise by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• The Best Friend by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies
• Sweet Stay-at-Home by William Henry Davies by William Henry Davies

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