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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Woman

John Wilson (Christopher North) (1785–1854)

Translated from Calidasa

THERE in the fane a beauteous creature stands,

The first best work of the Creator’s hands,

Whose slender limbs inadequately bear

A full-orbed bosom and a weight of care;

Whose teeth like pearls, whose lips like cherries, show,

And fawn-like eyes still tremble as they glow.