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The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

      — Sonnet XIII

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KEYWORD: stepmothers

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Cymbeline
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Queen

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No, be assured you shall not find me, daughter,
After the slander of most stepmothers,
Evil-eyed unto you: you're my prisoner, but
Your gaoler shall deliver you the keys
That lock up your restraint. For you, Posthumus,
So soon as I can win the offended king,
I will be known your advocate: marry, yet
The fire of rage is in him, and 'twere good
You lean'd unto his sentence with what patience
Your wisdom may inform you.

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