 Merciful Heaven ! why dwells not in a face, Some mark the hidden bosom to reveal, That we might know the generous from the base, From eye, or forehead, stamp'd with nature's seal ? For all the secret virtues we may trace, Of root, or herb, or gold, or...  A tale of the olden time - Página 22por Harrow boy - 1821 - 174 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Bland - 1809 - 292 páginas
..." To strain her bosom, flush 'd with fierce desire, " And woo her burning with another's fire." 28. Merciful heaven ! why dwells not in a face, Some mark...eye, or forehead, stamp'd with nature's seal? For well the secret virtues we may trace, Of root, or herb, of gold, or temper'd steel; And safe amid the... | |
 | George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1817 - 192 páginas
...it. Let the gentle reader bear this circumstance in mind, trivial a> it may now appear. CHAPTER XXIV. Merciful Heaven ! why dwells not in a face, Some mark...to reveal, That we might know the generous from the hase, From eye, or forehead, stamp 'd with nature's seal. For all the secret virtues we may trace,... | |
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