V.

Yet 'tis not to adorn, and gild each Part,

That shews more _Cost_ than _Art_.

_Jewels_ at _Nose_, and _Lips_, but ill appear;

Rather than _all Things Wit_, let _none_ be there.

Several _Lights_ will not be seen,

If there be nothing else between.

Men doubt; because they stand so thick i' th' Sky.

If those be _Stars_ which paint the _Galaxy_.

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