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Sonnet CLXVII.

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Non pur quell' una bella ignuda mano.     HE RETURNS THE GLOVE, BEWAILING THE EFFECT OF HER BEAUTY.         Not of one dear hand only I complain,     Which hides it, to my loss, again from view,     But its fair fellow and her soft arms too     Are prompt my meek and passive heart to pain.     Love spreads a thousand toils, nor one in vain,     Amid the many charms, bright, pure, and new,     That so her high and heavenly part endue,     No style can equal it, no mind attain.     That starry forehead and those tranquil eyes,     The fair angelic mouth, where pearl and rose     Contrast each other, whence rich music flows,     These fill the gazer with a fond surprise,     The fine head, the bright tresses which defied     The sun to match them in his noonday pride.     MACGREGOR.

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"Non pur quell' una bella ignuda mano...."

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