My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.

My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.

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.

Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them

Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them

Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone.
[It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.]

Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone.
[It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.]

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.

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.]

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.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy read more

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.