"Skin more pure than Ida’s snow, Whiter far than Moorish milk, Sweeter than ambrosia too, Softer than the Paphian silk, Indian plumes or thistle-down, Or May-blossoms newly blown, Is my mistress rosy-pale, Adding beauty to her veil."
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"Mounting Hyperboles", The English Gentlewoman (1631)
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Richard Brathwait
Richard Brathwait (or Brathwaite, Braithwaite; 1588 – 4 May 1673) was an English poet.
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