Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one.

Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one.

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.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes,
Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth.

There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes,
Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth.

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

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.]

Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes)
Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire
Until read more

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.

Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.

Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.

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.