Book 2 — SONG, ex improviso[483:2]
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SONG, ex improviso[483:2]
ON HEARING A SONG IN PRAISE OF A LADY'S BEAUTY
'Tis not the lily-brow I prize, Nor roseate cheeks, nor sunny eyes, Enough of lilies and of roses! A thousand-fold more dear to me The gentle look that Love discloses,— 5 The look that Love alone can see!
Keepsake, 1830.
FOOTNOTES:
LINENOTES:
Title] To a Lady Essays, &c. 1850.
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The look that gentle Love discloses,— That look which Love alone can see.
Essays, &c. 1850.