Quote #8

But he who loveliness within Hath found, all outward loathes, For he who color loves, and skin, Loves but their oldest clothes.

More from John Donne

  1. I have done one braver thing Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring, Which is to keep that hid.
  2. And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.
  3. And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet; Yet do not, I would not go,…
  4. Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run?
  5. Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot, Teach me to h…
  6. Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
  7. Though Truth and Falsehood be Near twins, yet Truth a little elder is.
  8. She is all states, and all princes, I, Nothing else is.

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