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OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 7. TROCHAIC VERSE: THE THIRD EPIGRAM by THOMAS CAMPION

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First Line: KATE CAN FANCY ONLY BEARDLESS HUSBANDS
Last Line: HER SMOOTH YOUTHS SHE FINDS ALL HUGELY BEARDED.
Subject(s): BEARDS; COURTSHIP;
@3Kate can fancy only beardless husbands,
That's the cause she shakes off every suitor,
That's the cause she lives so stale a virgin,
For before her heart can heat her answer,
Her smooth youths she finds all hugely bearded.@1



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