Not Fair

‘T IS very true, I thought you once as fair

As women in th’ idea are;*

Whatever here seems beauteous, seem’d to be

But a faint metaphor of thee:

But then, methoughts, there something shin’d within,

Which casts this lustre o’er thy skin;

Nor could I choose but count it the sun’s light,

Which made this cloud appear so bright.

But, since I knew thy falsehood and thy pride,

And all thy thousand faults beside,

A very Moor, methinks, plac’d near to thee,

White as his teeth would seem to be.

So men (they say) by hell’s delusions led,

Have ta’en a succubus to their bed;

Believe it fair, and themselves happy call,

Till the cleft foot discovers all:

Then they start from ‘t, half ghosts themselves with fear;

And devil, as ‘t is, doth appear.

So, since against my will I found thee foul,

Deform’d and crooked in thy soul,

My reason straight did to my senses shew,

That they might be mistaken too:

Nay, when the world but knows how false you are,

There’s not a man will think you fair;

Thy shape will monstrous in their fancies be,

They’ll call their eyes as false as thee.

Be what thou wilt, hate will present thee so,

As Puritans do the Pope, and Papists Luther do.

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• On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage by William Cowper by William Cowper
• On A Fowler, By Isidorus by William Cowper by William Cowper
• On A Battered Beauty (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
• On A Bath, By Plato by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 7: Vanity of the World by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 68: Light Shining Out Of Darkness by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 67: Longing To Be With Christ by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 66: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 63: Not Of Works by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 61: The Narrow Way by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 60: Abuse Of The Gospel by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 59: A Living And A Dead Faith by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 57: The New Convert by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 56: Hatred Of Sin by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 53: My Soul Thirsteth For God by William Cowper by William Cowper
• Olney Hymn 52: For The Poor by William Cowper by William Cowper

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