FRANCES BROOKE

FRANCES BROOKE1724-1789

1724-1789

Her mouth, which a smile,Devoid of all guile,Half opens to view,Is the bud of the roseIn the morning that blows,Impearl’d with the dew.More fragrant her breathThan the flow’r-scented heathAt the dawning of day;The hawthorn in bloom,The lily’s perfume,Or the blossoms of may.

Her mouth, which a smile,Devoid of all guile,Half opens to view,Is the bud of the roseIn the morning that blows,Impearl’d with the dew.More fragrant her breathThan the flow’r-scented heathAt the dawning of day;The hawthorn in bloom,The lily’s perfume,Or the blossoms of may.

Her mouth, which a smile,Devoid of all guile,Half opens to view,Is the bud of the roseIn the morning that blows,Impearl’d with the dew.

Her mouth, which a smile,

Devoid of all guile,

Half opens to view,

Is the bud of the rose

In the morning that blows,

Impearl’d with the dew.

More fragrant her breathThan the flow’r-scented heathAt the dawning of day;The hawthorn in bloom,The lily’s perfume,Or the blossoms of may.

More fragrant her breath

Than the flow’r-scented heath

At the dawning of day;

The hawthorn in bloom,

The lily’s perfume,

Or the blossoms of may.


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