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The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus

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The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus by Matthew Prior

 VENUS, take my votive glass: 
Since I am not what I was, 
What from this day I shall be, 
Venus, let me never see.

Form: Epigram

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The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus

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