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O tru|ant Muse | what shall | be thy | amends
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For thy | neglect | of truth | in beaut|y dyed?
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Both truth and beaut|y on | my love | depends:
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So dost | thou too,| and there|in dig|nified:
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Make^ans|wer Muse:| wilt^thou | not hap|ly say,
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Truth needs no | color | with his col|or
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Beauty | no pen|cil, beaut|y's truth | to lay:
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But best | is best,| if nev|er int|ermixed.
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Because | he needs | no praise,| wilt thou | be
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Excuse | not sil|ence so,| for it lies | in thee
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To make | him much | outlive | a gild|ed tomb
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And to | be praised | of ag|es yet | to be.
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Then do | thy of|fice Muse,| I teach | thee how
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To make | him seem long hence,| as he shows now.