• She is not fair to outward view
    As many maidens be,
    Her loveliness I never knew
    Until she smiled on me;
    O, then I saw her eye was bright,
    A well of love, a spring of light!

    But now her looks are coy and cold,
    To mine they ne'er reply,
    And yet I cease not to behold
    The love-light in her eye:
    Her very frowns are fairer far
    Than smiles of...

  • She is not fair to outward view,
      As many maidens be;
    Her loveliness I never knew
      Until she smiled on me:
    O, then I saw her eye was bright,—
    A well of love, a spring of light.

    But now her looks are coy and cold;
      To mine they ne’er reply;
    And yet I cease not to behold
      The love-light in her eye:
    Her very...