XXVIII.

"Think not, sir," she said on with noble scorn,

"This husband of your choosing loses aught

"In that the world doth know him basely born,

"And with a shrine that fits the inner thought;

"Think not a silly woman's heart will mourn

"A shape in Nature's merry moments wrought,

"Or weep the finding of each broad defect,

"Or wish the form less wry or more erect.

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