9 But changed is, and often altered to and fro.
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The substance is not chaunged, nor altered,
2 But th'only forme and outward fashion;
For euery substance is conditioned
4 To change her hew, and sundry formes to don,
Meet for her temper and complexion:
6 For formes are variable and decay,
By course of kind, and by occasion;
8 And that faire flowre of beautie fades away,
As doth the lilly fresh before the sunny ray.
1 The substance is not changed, nor altered, 2 But the only form and outward fashion;
the only > [only the] fashion > {Appearance; form as opposed to matter}
3 For every substance is conditioned 4 To change its hue, and sundry forms to don,
hue > appearance, form
5 Meet for its temper and complexion:
Meet > Suitable temper > {Character, quality; temperament, i.e. the combination of bodily "humours"} complexion > {Nature; bodily or mental habit; temperament}
6 For forms are variable and decay, 7 By course of kind, and by occasion;