“Creation smiles in various beauty gay
While day to night, and night succeeds day”
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) American poet
Works of Providence from Poems on Various Subjects kindle ebook ASIN B0083ZJ7SU
“Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.”
Canto II, line 52.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
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