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ISABEL by RICHARD HOVEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN HER BODY'S PERFECT SWEET
Last Line: LIPS THAT RIPEN TO A KISS.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;

IN her body's perfect sweet
Suppleness and languor meet,--
Arms that move like lapsing billows,
Breasts that Love would make his pillows,
Eyes where vision melts in bliss,
Lips that ripen to a kiss.



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