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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
There are eyes half defiant,
Half meek and compliant;
Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm
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There are eyes half defiant,
Half meek and compliant;
Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm
To bring us good or to work with harm.
In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in
it what the eye brings means of seeing.
In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in
it what the eye brings means of seeing.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes read more
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.
With eyes that look'd into the very soul--
. . . .
Bright--and as black and burning read more
With eyes that look'd into the very soul--
. . . .
Bright--and as black and burning as coal.
Seeing is not always believing.
Seeing is not always believing.
The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]
The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
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A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,--
Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
A blue eye is a true eye;
Mysterious is a dark one,
Which flashes like a spark-sun!
A black eye is the best one.
