John Milton on Beauty
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“She fair, divinely fair, fit love for gods.”
“And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed Fairer than feign'd of old.”
“Yet beauty, tho' injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.”
“Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces.”
“Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss.”
“Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship.”
“... for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.”