Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG, by WILLIAM COWPER



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First Line: The sparkling eye, the mantling cheek
Last Line: But glow with more prevailing heat.


THE sparkling eye, the mantling cheek,
The polished front, the snowy neck,
How seldom we behold in one!
Glossy looks, and brow serene,
Venus' smiles, Diana's mien,
All meet in you, and you alone.

Beauty like other powers maintains
Her empire, and by union reigns;
Each single feature faintly warms:
But where at once we view displayed
Unblemished grace, the perfect maid
Our eyes, our ears, our heart alarms.

So when on earth the god of day
Obliquely sheds his tempered ray,
Through convex orbs the beams transmit,
The beams that gently warmed before,
Collected, gently warm no more,
But glow with more prevailing heat.





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