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.

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.]

With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of
the other.

With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of
the other.

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

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 are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

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.

Eyes, that displaces
The neighbor diamond, and out-faces
That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.

Eyes, that displaces
The neighbor diamond, and out-faces
That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.