When a young man sees a beautiful young woman for the first time sitting somewhere, he is attracted to the well-sculpted figure and chiselled features and glowing skin. He feels as if he were falling in love heads over heels. He is enchanted by the statuesque beauty. If could, he would like her to keep sitting and he looking at her for ever. But a woman is not a statue carved in stone or wood. She is a human being of flesh and blood and possessed of numerous merits and virtues as well as follies and frailties. We may admire the artistry and craftsmanship of a statue but it is no substitute for a living beauty. That is why Robert Browning says that we turn our gaze away from the statue to the comely girl who he is fording a stream. When the young man comes closer to the woman, he realises that she is an independent individual with a personality which may or may not be compatible with his. But the impact of physical charms is so stunning that that man's rational faculties are paralysed in the face of feminine beauty. As Pope has said:
If to her share some female errors fall,
Look on her face and you'll forget them all
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