Maria pur quando vuol, non è bisogna mutar ni faccia ni voce per esser un Angelo.[1]

Die when you will, you need not wear

At Heaven's Court a form more fair

  Than Beauty here on earth has given;

Keep but the lovely looks we see—

The voice we hear—and you will be

  An angel ready-made for Heaven!

[1] The words addressed by Lord Herbert of Cherbury to the beautiful Nun at Murano.—See his Life.