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DENISE.
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DENISE.
GRAY eyes from which the light falls soft and fair;
Clear brows, and heavy mass of dead brown hair;
Lips red, and firm, and true; and cheeks whose glow
Shows faintly flushed; a soft, full throat, and rare
Smooth shoulders; and the bosom's wealth below,
Like sculptured marble with the life-hue there—
Are thine, Denise.

A mind to comprehend the good and great,
With honest tact, and power to create;