The only beautiful thing in the world whose beauty lasts for ever is a pure, fair soul.
BRAM STOKER, "The Rose Prince"
The perfection of her face created a sense of emptiness--like a house with no curtains in the window.
Black Jack Point
Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired:
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush so to be admired.
EDMUND WALLER, Go, Lovely Rose