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...treasure : Her audit, though delay'd, answered must be, And her quietus is to render thee '. CXXVII. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...borrow'd face, Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower ', But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace. Therefore, my mistress' eyes are raven black, Her...

...keep her treasure • Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be ; And her quietus is to render thee. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...put on nature's power, Fairing the foul with art's false-borrow'd face. Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy hour, But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace....

...treasure : Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be, And her quietus is to render thee '. CXXVII. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...borrow'd face, Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower*, But is profan'd, if not lives in disgrace. Therefore, my mistress' eyes are raven black, Her...

...treasure : Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be, And her quietus is to render thee '. CXXVII. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it...borrow'd face, Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower 1, But is profan'd, if not lives in disgrace. Therefore, my mistress' eyes are raven black, Her...

...not heauty's name ; But now is hlack heauty's successive heir, And heauty slandered with a hastard shame ; For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul with art's false-horrowed face, Sweet heauty hath no name, no holy hour, But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace....