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Beauty is ever to the lonely mind
A shadow fleeting; she is never plain.
She is a visitor who leaves behind
The gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Source: Beauty Is Ever to the Lonely Mind.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2 1894-1985), US novelist, poet; He is best known for Portrait of Jennie.

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