Versos English James Russell Lowell Monna Lisa

English poem

Monna Lisa

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She gave me all that woman can, Nor her soul's nunnery forego, A confidence that man to man Without remorse can never show.

Rare art, that can sense refine Till not a pulse rebellious stirs, And, since she never can be mine, Makes it seem sweeter to be hers!