Many think Quintia beautiful: she's tall,
And fair, and straight. I know, I grant it all,
When each particular beauty I recall;
But I deny--when these are uncombined
To form a whole of beauty--and I find
So large a person with so small a mind.
But Lesbia's perfect person is all soul,
Compact in beauty--as if grace she stole
From all the rest, and made herself one perfect whole.
CURATE.--This is compliment enough as far as comparison goes--but he
pays her a much greater shortly after: for he loves her in their
greatest quarrels.