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 A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may 
mean either of two contradictories.  
 A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may 
mean either of two contradictories. 
Blushing is the colour of virtue.
Blushing is the colour of virtue.
We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blushed before.
We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blushed before.
 I pity bashful men, who feel the pain
 Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,
  And bear the read more 
 I pity bashful men, who feel the pain
 Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,
  And bear the marks upon a blushing face,
   OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. 
 Where now I have no one to blush with me,
 To cross their arms and hang their heads with read more 
 Where now I have no one to blush with me,
 To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine,
  To mask their brows and hide their infamy;
   But I alone, alone must sit and pine,
    Seasoning the earth with show'rs of silver brine,
     Mingling my talk with tears, my grief with groans,
      Poor wasting monuments of lasting moans. 
 From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks,
 Ten thousand little loves and graces spring
  To revel read more 
 From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks,
 Ten thousand little loves and graces spring
  To revel in the roses. 
 His kindled duty kindled her mistrust,
 That two red fires in both faces blazed.
  She thought he read more 
 His kindled duty kindled her mistrust,
 That two red fires in both faces blazed.
  She thought he blushed as knowing Tarquin's lust,
   And, blushing with him, wistly on him gazed;
    Her earnest eye did make him more amazed. 
Blushed like the waves of hell.
Blushed like the waves of hell.
 An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
 Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
  A smile within his read more 
 An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
 Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
  A smile within his eyelids plays
   And into words his longing gushes.