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the unexpected declaration.
One only spirit thou'st fail'd to bring down,—
Exquisite Eloise! why do you frown?"
Exquisite Eloise! why do you frown?"
Swift o'er her forehead a dark shadow stole,
Sent from the tempest of pride in her soul!
Sent from the tempest of pride in her soul!
"Touch'd by thy sweetness—in love with thy grace—
Charm'd by the magic of mind in thy face—
Bewitch'd by thy beauty—e'en his haughty strength—
The strength of the stoic, is conquer'd at length!
Lo! at thy feet—see him kneeling the while—
Eloise! Eloise! why do yon smile?"
Charm'd by the magic of mind in thy face—
Bewitch'd by thy beauty—e'en his haughty strength—
The strength of the stoic, is conquer'd at length!
Lo! at thy feet—see him kneeling the while—
Eloise! Eloise! why do yon smile?"
The hand was withdrawn from her happy blue eyes,
She gazed on her lover with laughing surprise;
While the dimple and blush, stealing soft to her cheek,
Told the tale that her tongue was too timid to speak!
She gazed on her lover with laughing surprise;
While the dimple and blush, stealing soft to her cheek,
Told the tale that her tongue was too timid to speak!
