A fair fordoon hir beautee was al newe.
Canterbury Tales
From The Physician's Tale, describing Virginia. 'Fordoone' (destroyed) applied to beauty that is 'all new' is an unusual and almost contradictory phrase, hinting at a tragic paradox.
c. 1387-1400
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