Love

Eyes

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

Eyes, what are they? Coloured glass,
Where reflections come and pass.

Open windows — by them sit
Beauty, Learning, Love, and Wit.

Searching cross-examiners;
Comfort's holy ministers.

Starry silences of soul,
Music past the lips' control.

Fountains of unearthly light;
Prisons of the infinite.

MLA

Coleridge, Mary E. “Eyes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/17/.

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Coleridge, Mary E. “Eyes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/17/.

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