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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
— King John, Act IV Scene 2
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At this Adonis smiles as in disdain,
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'O, where am I?' quoth she, 'in earth or heaven,
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'Hard-favour'd tyrant, ugly, meagre, lean,
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'Alas, poor world, what treasure hast thou lost!
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'Bonnet nor veil henceforth no creature wear!
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