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Beauty Is VainWhile roses are so red, While lilies are so white, Shall a woman exalt her face Because it gives delight? She’s not so sweet as a rose, A lily’s straighter than she, And if she were as red or white She’d be but one of three.Whether she flush in love’s summer Or in its winter grow pale, Whether she flaunt her beauty Or hide it away in a veil, Be she red or white, And stand she erect or bowed, Time will win the race he runs with her And hide her away in a shroud.
The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, 1866
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