[483:1] First published in the New York Mirror for Dec. 19, 1829: reprinted in The Athenaeum, May 3, 1884: first collected in 1893.
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[Title]] lines written . . . daughter of the late Minister to England. Athenaeum 1884.
SONG, ex improviso[483:2]
ON HEARING A SONG IN PRAISE OF A LADY'S BEAUTY
'Tis not the lily-brow I prize,
Nor roseate cheeks, nor sunny eyes,
Enough of lilies and of roses!
A thousand-fold more dear to me
The gentle look that Love discloses,— [5]
The look that Love alone can see!
Keepsake, 1830.