<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341086" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Phyrne</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Phryne had talents for mankind,<br>Open she was, and unconfin'd,<br>Like some free port of trade:<br>Merchants unloaded here their freight,<br>And Agents from each foreign state,<br>Here first their entry made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her learning and good breeding such,<br>Whether th' Italian or the Dutch,<br>Spaniards or French came to her: <br>To all obliging she'd appear:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas <br>Si Signior<br>, 'twas <br>Yaw Mynheer<br>,<br>'Twas <br>S'il vous plaist, Monsieur.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Obscure by birth, renown'd by crimes,<br>Still changing names, religions, climes,<br>At length she turns a Bride:<br>In di'monds, pearls, and rich brocades,<br>She shines the first of batter'd jades,<br>And flutters in her pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So have I known those Insects fair<br>(Which curious Germans hold so rare)<br>Still vary shapes and dyes;<br>Still gain new Titles with new forms;<br>First grubs obscene, then wriggling worms,<br>Then painted butterflies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alexander+Pope">Alexander Pope</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341086" data-title="Phyrne de Alexander Pope" data-description="Phryne had talents for mankind, Open she was, and unconfin'd, Like some free port of trade: Merchants unloaded here their freight, And Agents from each foreign state, Here first their entry made. Her learning and good breeding such, Whether th' I..."></div> </div> </div>

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