And virtuous mind is much more prais'd of me;

For all the rest, however fair it be,

Shall turn to naught, and lose that glorious hue;

But only that is permanent and free

From frail corruption, that doth flesh ensew:

That is true beauty; that doth argue you

To be divine, and born of heav'nly seed,

Deriv'd from that fair Spirit from whom all true

And perfect beauty did at first proceed:

He only fair, and what he fair hath made;