Note 199 — Chapter VII
Edward Rehatsek translation
This recalls Milton’s well-worn lines in his description of “our common mother” Eve:
“Grace was in every step, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.”
The “witchery,” or “magic,” of a pretty girl’s eyes is quite as common a subject of complaint, or admiration, in Western as in Eastern amatory poetry: by Muslims it is called “Babylonian magic,” because the Chaldeans were past masters in magical arts.