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Zóphiël ; or, the bride of seven

Brooks, Maria Gowen (1794 or 5-1845)

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LIII.

Save that her lip, like some bud-bursting flower,
Just scorned the bounds of symmetry perchance,
But by its rashness gained an added power,
Heightening perfection to luxuriance.

This description is from the life, and does not exceed in any particular the face of a Canadian lady of Swiss descent. She was called by the peasants of her neighborhood “l'ange des bois.”


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