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Gloss 'Not for all of beauty'

John of the Cross

A gloss on the refrain 'not for all of beauty will I ever lose myself, but for I-know-not-what that is gained by chance'. It expresses in a popular key the surpassing of all sensible delight.

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  1. 1Glosa a lo divino (Por toda la hermosura) · 12′
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