Poem by Thomas Parnell

Song (When Thy Beauty Appears)

When thy beauty appears
In its graces and airs
All bright as an angel new dropp'd from the sky,
At distance I gaze and am awed by my fears:
So strangely you dazzle my eye!

But when without art
Your kind thoughts you impart,
When your love runs in blushes through every vein;
When it darts from your eyes, when it pants in your heart,
Then I know you're a woman again.

There 's a passion and pride
In our sex (she replied),
And thus, might I gratify both, I would do:
Still an angel appear to each lover beside,
But still be a woman to you. 

1. When Ore My Temples Balmy Vapours Rise
2. On Content
3. On the Death of Mr. Viner
4. My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free
5. Martial

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