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Poems

By W. C. Bennett: New ed
  

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DRAW DOWN YOUR VEIL.

Draw down your veil;
Those laughing eyes
Must only tell
To mine the tale
Their bright replies
Can glance so well!
Have I to learn,
Pout not your lip!
How some you meet

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Will backward turn,
To watch you trip
Along the street?
Nay, you and I
Could doubtless tell
How once those eyes,
As one went by,
To his, too well
Laugh'd sweet replies.