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Was This The Face That Launch'd A Thousand Ships, And Burnt The Topless Towers Of Ilium?
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Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
Her lips suck forth my soul:
-- Christopher Marlowe (1565-1593)
-- Faustus
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