In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. |
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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
She was the Queen of Hearts: there were some few with beauties rarer:
This one had hair more golden-tinged; that one had bluer eyes;
This was to the unheeding gaze unquestionably fairer;
That was more graceful, as she moved, or wittier in replies.
This one had hair more golden-tinged; that one had bluer eyes;
This was to the unheeding gaze unquestionably fairer;
That was more graceful, as she moved, or wittier in replies.
But she was beautiful enough to dazzle in a measure,
With clear eyes blue enough to haunt a lover with their hue,
With grace sufficient not to jar upon one's sense of pleasure,
As she moved to you and light arch wit which on the hearer grew.
With clear eyes blue enough to haunt a lover with their hue,
With grace sufficient not to jar upon one's sense of pleasure,
As she moved to you and light arch wit which on the hearer grew.
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Her crown was gentleness: her grace was graciousness unfailing,
Soft smile or glance for everyone in all her court of friends,
Her majesty a loftiness through her whole life prevailing,
Which could not for a moment stoop to meaner thoughts or ends.
Soft smile or glance for everyone in all her court of friends,
Her majesty a loftiness through her whole life prevailing,
Which could not for a moment stoop to meaner thoughts or ends.
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