O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we h… - Thomas Otway

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O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Angels are painted fair, to look like you:
There ’s in you all that we believe of heaven,—
Amazing brightness, purity, and truth,
Eternal joy, and everlasting love.

Thomas Otway

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Thomas Otway (March 3, 1652 – April 14, 1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period.

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