 Glass buttons show never so bright; Their love-lighted lustre outvies The lightning-bug's twinkle by night. And oft with a magical glance, She makes in my bosom a pother, When leering politely askance, She shuts one and winks with the other. The lips...  Original Poems - Page 131by Thomas Green Fessenden - 1806 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Booksellers and bookselling - 1837 - 298 pages
...eyes, Glass buttons shone never so bright,. Their love-lighted lustre outvies ' . The lightning-hug's twinkle by night. And oft with a magical glance, ;...charmer are sweet, . As a hogshead of maple molasses, No teeth like her's ever were seen, Nor ever described in a novel, Of a beautiful kind of pea-green,... | |
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...runner crook in the middle j Which one would bn led to suppose. Was meant for the head of a fiddle. The lips of my charmer are sweet As a hogshead of maple molasses ; The ruby red tint of her cheek. The gill of a salmon surpasses. Description must fail in her chin,... | |
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...led to suppose Was meant for the head of a fiddle. Miss Tabby has two pretty eyes, Glass buttons show never so bright ; Their love-lighted lustre outvies...one and winks with the other. The lips of my charmer arc sweet, As a hogshead of maple molasses ; And the ruby-red tint of her cheek The gill of a salmon... | |
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...led to suppose Was meant for the head of a fiddle. Miss Tabby has two pretty eyes, Glass buttons show never so bright ; Their love-lighted lustre outvies...askance, She shuts one and winks with the other. THE PAINT KING. The lips of my charmer are sweet, As a hogshead of maple molasses ; And the ruby-red tint... | |
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