Religion
Book IV, 8: On the Church
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
Let not thy blacknesse moove thee to despaire,
Black Women are belov'd of men that's faire:
What if thy hayre, her flaxen brightnes lack?
Thy face is comely, though thy Brow be black.
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