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Eyes, that displaces The neighbor diamond, and out-faces That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
Eyes, that displaces The neighbor diamond, and out-faces That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
Approximate author period: c. 1633 AD · renaissance
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- Richard Crashaw
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- Approximate author period: c. 1633 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1616–1650)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 247 · quotation 8 · Richard Crashaw · Wishes. To his (Supposed) Mistress.
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