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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.]
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling
wilderness; he led him about, he instructed read more
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling
wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as
the apple of his eye.
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me read more
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.
My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.
My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.
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.
Eyes of gentianellas azure,
Staring, winking at the skies.
Eyes of gentianellas azure,
Staring, winking at the skies.
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.
