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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• Аля Кудряшева – Про ангелов by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Поперек by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Помнишь, как это by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Пой мне еще, что я могу изменить by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – По дому бегает Марфа by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Осень в городе by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Октябрь был дождем, непонятным месяцем by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Ну что я могу ответить by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Ночное by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Невозможно держать в памяти все человечество by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Не бойся, милый by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Молитва by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Мне снился by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Меня мотает тянет ведет налево by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – М. и П. by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Когда наступает вечер by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Какое там говорить. Я дышу с трудом by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – И кстати, еще бывает уездный гор by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – И если Богу нужны гимнасты by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)
• Аля Кудряшева – Это просто слишком длинная осень by Аля (Алина) Кудряшева (Хайтлина)

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