Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes)
Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire
Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise
Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire,
And love than either; and there would arise,
A something in them which was not desire,
But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul,
Which struggled through and chansten'd down the whole.
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The eyes are the mirror of the soul
The eyes are the mirror of the soul
Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
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.]
Eyes of gentianellas azure,
Staring, winking at the skies.
Eyes of gentianellas azure,
Staring, winking at the skies.
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
In her eyes a thought
Grew sweeter and sweeter, deepening like the dawn,
A mystical forewarning.
In her eyes a thought
Grew sweeter and sweeter, deepening like the dawn,
A mystical forewarning.
The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.
The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.
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.]
