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. . . 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.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Minds
Flat
Weak
Flats
Quite
Toys
Plumes
Beauty
Admiration
Captive
Fall
Sudden
Captives
Every
Stands
Shrink
Mind
Cease
Trivial
Admire
Shrinks

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