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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>TWAS said of Old, -and, like most sayings too,<lb/>
                                        It hath been proven by experience true,<lb/>
                                        That e'en despite his fierce majestic might,<lb/>
                                        ''Who wins the Lion's eyes, subdues him''quite.<lb/>
                                        Herein is well explain'd and typified<lb/>
                                        Another truth that cannot be denied:<lb/>
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                                        The eye of Man once taken by the grace<lb/>
                                        And 'witching beaty of a Maiden's face,<lb/>
                                        However stern his nature hitherto,<lb/>
                                        Assumes a softness it before ne'er knew.<lb/>
                                        Ah! then how chang'd the cold imperious look<lb/>
                                        Which scarce the gaze of other eyes could brook!<lb/>
                                        How pliant then the sternly moulded mind<lb/>
                                        Of Sage and Soldier, as of rugged hind!<lb/>
                                        Each then alike, as though himself despite,<lb/>
                                        Submits his ruder to the gentler might;<lb/>
                                        And, Strength to Softness through the eyes betray'd,<lb/>
                                        The Lion gentle as the Lamb is made.</p>
                                   <p>NON benè conveniunt, nec in unâ sede morantur<lb/>
                                        Majestas et Amor.-OVID, Metam. 3.<lb/>
                                        QUISQUIS amat, servit; sequitur captivus amatam,<lb/>
                                        Fert domitâ cervice jugum, fert dulcia tergo<lb/>
                                        Verbera, fert stimulos, trahit et bovis instar aratrum. -MANTUAN.<lb/>
                                        PAR des yeux les deux fenestres,<lb/>
                                        Dards d'Amour deviennent maistres.<lb/>
                                        PRIMI, in omnibus proeliis, oculi vincutur.-TACIT. de Morib. Germ.<lb/>
                                        CLAMOR repentinus aliquis, aut imago, aut aspectus fugâ saepè exercitum implevit:<lb/>
                                        et haec talia magis, quàm gladius, consternant hostem, videbisque militem vanis et<lb/>
                                        imanibus magis, quàm justis formidinis causis moveri.-LIPS. Doct. Civil. lib. v. cap. 16.<lb/>
                                        NIHIL tam leve est, quod non magnae interdùm rei momentum faciat.<lb/>
                                        LES Femmes peuvent tout, parce qu'elles gouvernent les personnes qui gouvernent<lb/>
                                        tous.<lb/>
                                        -I HAVE mark'd<lb/>
                                        A thousand blushing apparitions,<lb/>
                                        To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames,<lb/>
                                        In Angel whiteness, bear away those blushes;<lb/>
                                        And in her eye there hath appear'd a fire<lb/>
                                        To burn the errors that the princes hold<lb/>
                                        Against her maiden truth.-SHAKESPEARE.<lb/>
                                        BEAUTY with a bloodless conquest finds<lb/>
                                        A welcome sov'raignty in rudest minds.-WALLER.</p>
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                                   <p>WHOSE radiant look strikes every gazing eye<lb/>
                                        Stark blind, and keeps th'amaz'd beholder under<lb/>
                                        The stupid tyranny of Love and wonder.-Old Poet.<lb/>
                                        THEN only hear her Eyes;<lb/>
                                        Tho'they are mute, they plead, nay, more, command:<lb/>
                                        FOr beauteous Eyes have arbitrary pow'r. -DRYDEN.<lb/>
                                        WHO knows how eloquent these Eyes may prove,<lb/>
                                        Begging in Floods of Tears and Flames of Love. -ROCH.<lb/>
                                        THE Bloom of op'ning Flowers, unsully'd Beauty,<lb/>
                                        Softest and sweetest Innocence she wears;<lb/>
                                        And looks like Nature in the World's first spring.-ROWE.</p>
                                   <p>Nequitiae Duces, Oculi.<lb/>
                                        THE light of the Body is the Eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole<lb/>
                                        body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of dark-<lb/>
                                        ness. Take heed therefore that the Light which is in thee be not darkness.-Luke<lb/>
                                        xi. 34, 35.<lb/>
                                        BUT if thine Eye be evil, thy whole Body shall be full of Darkness. If therefore<lb/>
                                        the Light that is in thee be Darkness, how great is that Darkness!-Matt. vi. 23.</p>
                                   <p>Love in the Godhead.<lb/>
                                        FOR Love it was, that first created Light,<lb/>
                                        Mov'd on the Waters, chac'd away the Night<lb/>
                                        From the rude Chaos. and bestow'd new Grace<lb/>
                                        On Things, dispos'd of to their proper Place;<lb/>
                                        Some to rest here, and some to shine Above:<lb/>
                                        Earth, Sea, and Heav'n, were all th'Effects of Love. -WALL.<lb/>
                                        LOVE is that Passion, which refines the Soul;<lb/>
                                        First made Men Heroes, and those Heroes Gods:<lb/>
                                        Its genial fires inform the sluggish Mass;<lb/>
                                        The rugged soften, and the tim'rous warm.<lb/>
                                        Give Wit to Fools, and Manners tot the Clown:<lb/>
                                        The rest of Life is an ignoble Calm;<lb/>
                                        The Soul, unmov'd by Love's inspiring breath,<lb/>
                                        Like lazy Waters, stagnates and corrupts.-HIG. Gen. Con.   </p>
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                                   <p>MY splendor with his bright and Sun-like ray,<lb/>
                                        Doth cheere the house, and darkenesse chase away;<lb/>
                                        To thee wh'art blind, I'm darke as sable night,<lb/>
                                        It's thy default, not mine; thou lak'st thy sight.<lb/>
                                        The Moule cannot Hyperions glory see;<lb/>
                                        Who want their eyes, no comfort have by me.<lb/>
                                        Christ is the glory of that light from hie,<lb/>
                                        Which can the darkest Chaos full descry;<lb/>
                                        And yet we see him not untill our eyes<lb/>
                                        He open, which thickest darkenesse doth surprise;<lb/>
                                        Then doth his light unto himselfe reslect<lb/>
                                        From us as mirrours, with a new aspect.<lb/>
                                        FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>
                              
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