O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace. (James Thomson (poet))

O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace.

James Thomson (poet)

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