Versos English A. Cleveland Coxe To a Lady, LXXVI

English poem

To a Lady, LXXVI

by (1818–1896)

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But where is it I ope mine eyes! Oh, can I be in Paradise! That voice so innocent—so gay, Seem’d but to laugh as angels may! A wild, full, childish peal of joy, The halloo of a noble boy, And something like a sister’s glee, Ha-ha-ing in full harmony.