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To Eva
Hast thou seen a sunbeam bright
Through the ether streaming?
Hast thou seen the orb of night
On a wave of azure gleaming?
Like Luna's glow in Eva's eye,
When love and rapture wake the sigh;
Like solar beams on summer day,
When wit emits a brighter ray.
Through the ether streaming?
Hast thou seen the orb of night
On a wave of azure gleaming?
Like Luna's glow in Eva's eye,
When love and rapture wake the sigh;
Like solar beams on summer day,
When wit emits a brighter ray.
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Saw'st thou bathed in pearly dew
A rose with crimson blushes glowing?
Hast thou seen a violet blue—
A bee that sipped the nectar flowing?
The honied dews, the wild bee's sip,
Is like the balm on Eva's lip;
Those ruby bulbs of bliss disclose
The richest tints of Cupid's rose.
A rose with crimson blushes glowing?
Hast thou seen a violet blue—
A bee that sipped the nectar flowing?
The honied dews, the wild bee's sip,
Is like the balm on Eva's lip;
Those ruby bulbs of bliss disclose
The richest tints of Cupid's rose.
Hast thou heard the Lesbian lyre,
Heavenly strains of rapture breathing?
Didst thou see around the wire
Blooming garlands love was wreathing?
Fragrant as love's flowing wreathes,
Is the air that Eva breathes;
Lesbian Sappho never sung,
The music of my Eva's tongue.
Heavenly strains of rapture breathing?
Didst thou see around the wire
Blooming garlands love was wreathing?
Fragrant as love's flowing wreathes,
Is the air that Eva breathes;
Lesbian Sappho never sung,
The music of my Eva's tongue.
Hast thou seen a lily fair,
Ope its leaves on summer morning?
Didst thou see a dewdrop there,
Its heart of virgin snow adorning?
That lily, opening to the air,
Is like my Eva's bosom fair;
That pearly gem, so sparkling clear,
An emblem meet of Eva's tear.
Ope its leaves on summer morning?
Didst thou see a dewdrop there,
Its heart of virgin snow adorning?
That lily, opening to the air,
Is like my Eva's bosom fair;
That pearly gem, so sparkling clear,
An emblem meet of Eva's tear.
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