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adst thou lived in days of old,what wonders had been toldOf thy lively countenance.And thy humid eyes, that danceIn the midst of their own brightness,In the very fane of lightness ;Over which thine eyebrows, leaning.Picture out each lovely meaning :In a dainty bend they lie.Like the streaks across the sky,Or the feathers from a crow.Fallen on a bod of snow.Of thy dark hair, that extendsInto many gi'aceful bends :As tlie leaves of helleboreTurn to whence they sprung before.And behind each ample curlPeeps the richness of a pearl.Downward too flows many a tressWitn a glossy waviness,
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