MOST gifted limner! lifelike thus to trace That witching form I see before me yet, Unmask'd, those features none can e'er forget Who once have gaz'd upon that Spanish face. The close white vest o'erlaid with sable lace, The dark large eye, the hair of glossy jet, One simple rose within its tresses set; A portrait of rare loveliness and grace! Still, though amid its dignity be shown A latent look of unobtrusive mirth, Though scarce those lips can from a smile refrain, Erect she stands, as from Olympian throne Majestic Juno would have stood on earth— That glorious Lady of the land of Spain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON MILTON; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW LINES WRITTEN IN AN OVID by MATTHEW PRIOR |