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J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.

By Frances Brooke (1724–1789)

Song: “Her mouth, which a smile”

HER mouth, which a smile,

Devoid of all guile,

Half opens to view,

Is the bud of the rose

In the morning that blows,

Impearl’d with the dew.

More fragrant her breath

Than the flow’r-scented heath

At the dawning of day;

The hawthorn in bloom,

The lily’s perfume,

Or the blossoms of may.