Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace
The day's disasters in his morning face.

Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace
The day's disasters in his morning face.

He had a face like a benediction (blessing).

He had a face like a benediction (blessing).

Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good
heart is a letter of credit.

Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good
heart is a letter of credit.

A face that had a story to tell. How different faces are in this
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A face that had a story to tell. How different faces are in this
particular! Some of them speak not. They are books in which not
a line is written, save perhaps a date.

You have your face bare; I am all face.
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You have your face bare; I am all face.
[Fr., Vous avez bien la face desouverte; moi je suis tout face.]

And her face so fair
Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air.

And her face so fair
Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air.

With faces like dead lovers who died true.

With faces like dead lovers who died true.

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

Cheek . . .
Flushing white and mellow'd red;
Gradual tints, as when there glows
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Cheek . . .
Flushing white and mellow'd red;
Gradual tints, as when there glows
In snowy milk the bashful rose.