• She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

  Christina Rossetti
  British poet 1830-1894
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. pleasant
2. covered
3. should
4. vanity
5. bitter
6. truth

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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. by : Christina Rossetti

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