So on Romeo’s first sight of Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, act i. sc. 5, l. 41, vol. vii. p. 30), her beauty and inner worth called forth the confession,—
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.”
And the Sonnet (CV. vol. ix. p. 603, l. 4) that represents love,—
“Still constant in a wondrous excellence;”
also tells us of the abiding beauty of the soul,—
“‘Fair, kind, and true,’ is all my argument,
‘Fair, kind, and true,’ varying to other words;