As only children of the noblest are,

And brave and strong and opulent of health,

Which made her take full pleasure of her wealth.

She had a pitying scorn of little souls

And little bodies, levying heavy tolls

On all the world which was less strong than she.

She used her natural strength most naturally,

And yet with due discretion, so that all

Stood equally in bondage to her thrall.

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She was of that high godlike shape and size

Which has authority in all men's eyes:

Her hair was brown, her colour white and red,

Nor idly moved to blush. She held her head

Straight with her back. Her body, from the knee

Tall and clean shaped, like some well-nurtured tree,

Rose finely finished to the finger tips;

She had a noble carriage of the hips,

And that proportionate waist which only art

Dares to divine, harmonious part with part.

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