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BEAUTY by JOHN MASEFIELD

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First Line: I HAVE SEEN DAWN AND SUNSET ON MOORS AND WINDY HILLS
Last Line: ARE HER VOICE, AND HER HAIR, AND EYES, AND THE DEAR RED CURVE OF HER LIPS.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; LOVE;
I HAVE seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April bringing the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has showed to me,
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.



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