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Normale Version: Willis, Nathaniel Parker: Acrostic Sonnet
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Acrostic Sonnet

Elegance floats about thee like a dress,
Melting the airy motion of thy form
Into one swaying grace; and loveliness,
Like a rich tint that makes a picture warm,

Is lurking in the chestnut of thy tress,
Enriching it, as moonlight after storm
Mingles dark shadows into gentleness.
A beauty that bewilders like a spell

Reigns in thy eye’s clear hazel, and thy brow,
So pure in veined transparency, doth tell
How spiritually beautiful art thou, -

A temple where angelic love might dwell.
Life in thy presence were a thing to keep,
Like a gay dreamer clinging to his sleep.