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Blushed like the waves of hell.
Blushed like the waves of hell.
 Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,
 Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.
  The read more 
 Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,
 Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.
  The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;
   They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,
    And flare up bodily, wings and all. 
Blushing is the colour of virtue.
Blushing is the colour of virtue.
 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. 
 I will go wash;
 And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
  Whether I blush or read more 
 I will go wash;
 And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
  Whether I blush or no. 
 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. 
 Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
 [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]  
 Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
 [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.] 
 The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
 Are opening roses in the lily's bed.  
 The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
 Are opening roses in the lily's bed. 
 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.