Life and Phantasy by William Allingham: With frontispiece by Sir John E. Millais: A design by Arthur H. Hughes and a song for voice and piano forte |
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THE HAPPY MAN.
No longer any choice remains;
All beauty now I view,
All bliss that womankind contains,
Completely summ'd in you.
All beauty now I view,
All bliss that womankind contains,
Completely summ'd in you.
Your stature marks the proper height;
Your hair the finest shade;
Complexion—Love himself aright
Each varying tint hath laid.
Your hair the finest shade;
Complexion—Love himself aright
Each varying tint hath laid.
No longer, &c.
Your voice—the very tone and pitch
Whereto my heart replies!
Blue eyes, or black, or hazel,—which
Are best? Your-colour'd eyes.
Whereto my heart replies!
Blue eyes, or black, or hazel,—which
Are best? Your-colour'd eyes.
No longer, &c.
Your manners, gestures, being of you,
Most easily excel.
Have you defects? I love them too,
I love yourself so well.
Most easily excel.
Have you defects? I love them too,
I love yourself so well.
No longer, &c.
To me, once careworn, veering, vext,
Kind fate my Queen hath sent;
In full allegiance, unperplext,
I live in sweet content.
Kind fate my Queen hath sent;
In full allegiance, unperplext,
I live in sweet content.
No longer any choice remains;
All beauty now I view,
All bliss that womankind contains,
Completely summ'd in you.
All beauty now I view,
All bliss that womankind contains,
Completely summ'd in you.
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