| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 12501900. |
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| Matthew Prior. 16641721 |
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| 426. The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus |
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| VENUS, take my votive glass: | |
| Since I am not what I was, | |
| What from this day I shall be, | |
| Venus, let me never see. | |
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