I was not form'd To prize a love like thine, a mind like thine, Nor dote even on thy beauty - as I've doted On lesser charms, for no cause save that such Devotion was a duty, and I hated All that look'd like a chain for me or others. (Lord Byron)

I was not form'd To prize a love like thine, a mind like thine, Nor dote even on thy beauty - as I've doted On lesser charms, for no cause save that such Devotion was a duty, and I hated All that look'd like a chain for me or others.

Lord Byron

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