 Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit ; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit, Which way soever men refer it, Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit.  Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare - Page 292by Charles Lamb - 1813 - 484 pagesFull view - About this book
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...win or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, riarder to hit, (Which way soever men refer it) Much like thy riddle, Samson, in one day Or seven, though one should musing sit; If any of these or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon preferr'd Tuttavia la bellezza, benché fatale,... | |
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