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Mary! I dare not call thy charms divine - ZaunköniG - 22.05.2007 Mary! I dare not call thy charms divine But all the sweetest qualities of earth, Which constitute an humbler, holier worth, Grace, gayety, and gentleness are thine A grace more glorious than the grace of form, And moulding less thy motions than thy mind; A gayety not thoughtless or unkind, - Wild, and yet winning, womanly and warm; A gentleness of heart that is not weakness, Persuasive, potent, beautiful in meekness: Only at times, in some excited hour, A flash that lights the darkness of thine eyes, Revals a secret and deeper power, - A spirit he has hardiness who tries. |