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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• Степан Щипачев – Потомкам by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – По дороге в совхоз by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Опять тревожно, больно сердцу стало by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Обращение к времени by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Не громок, не бросок мой стих by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Любовью дорожить умейте by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Лил дождь осенний by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Ладонь by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Голос by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – День by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Березка by Степан Щипачёв
• Степан Щипачев – Атака by Степан Щипачёв
• Стефан Малларме – Звенящий зимний день by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – Записка Уистлеру by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – Вздох by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – Весеннее обновление by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – В идоложертвенном ликующем костре by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – В альбом by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – Устав от горького бездействия и лени by Stéphane Mallarmé
• Стефан Малларме – Появление by Stéphane Mallarmé

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