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Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (1845)

Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888, ed · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 60

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ks, % To have the dimple seen ; and so disorder | % The face with affectation, at next sitting ? 5 It has not been the same. | \ But indeed * i If ever I would have mine drawn to the life, I would have a painter steal it at such a time> I were devoutly kneeling at my prayers; There is then a… … ER eyes are shadowy, full of thought and prayer,And with long lashes oer a white rose cheek Drooping. Mrs. Hemans. 2. A thing all lightness, life, and glee, One of the shapes we seemTo meet in visions of the night,And should they greet our waking sight, Imagine that we dream. George Hill. 3. A…

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