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The Definition of Beauty

by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Beauty no other thing is, than a beam
Flash'd out between the middle and extreme.




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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
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    The Poor Relation
    by Edwin Arlington Robinson
    No longer torn by what she knows And sees within the eyes of others, Her doubts are when the daylight goes, Her fears are for the few she bothers. She tells them it is wholly wrong