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The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore

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Maria pur quando vuol, non è bisogna mutar ni faccia ni voce per esser un Angelo.[1]

Die when you will, you need not wear At Heaven's Court a form more fair Than Beauty here on earth has given; Keep but the lovely looks we see— The voice we hear—and you will be An angel ready-made for Heaven!

[1] The words addressed by Lord Herbert of Cherbury to the beautiful Nun at Murano.—See his Life.

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