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Tell me, ye subtill judges in loves treasury,
Inform me, which hath most inricht mine eye,
This diamonds greatnes, or its clarity?
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This is NOT the poem entitled La bella bona roba quoted by Al Alvarez in his book The writer's voice. He quotes the first six lines: -
I cannot tell who loves the skeleton
Of a poor marmoset, naught but bone, bone,
Give me a nakedness with her clothes on.
Such whose white satin upper coat of skin,
Cut upon velvet, rich incarnadin,
Hath yet a body and of flesh within...
I have never see this poem in its entirety (evidently fifteen lines.)
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This is NOT the poem entitled La bella bona roba quoted by Al Alvarez in his book The writer's voice. He quotes the first six lines: - I cannot tell who loves the skeleton Of a poor marmoset, naught but bone, bone, Give me a nakedness with her clothes on. Such whose white satin upper coat of skin, Cut upon velvet, rich incarnadin, Hath yet a body and of flesh within... I have never see this poem in its entirety (evidently fifteen lines.)