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Were You With These, My Prince, You 'd Soon Forget The Pale, Unripened Beauties Of The North.
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Were you with these, my prince, you 'd soon forget
The pale, unripened beauties of the north.
-- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
-- Cato, Act i, Sc. 4
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