O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There 's in you all that we believe of heaven,-
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love. (Thomas Otway)

O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you: There 's in you all that we believe of heaven,- Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.

Thomas Otway

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