Arts & Sciences
The Nameless Charm
From Collected Poems, vol. II (1895)
Arts & Sciences
(Expanded from an Epigram of Piron.)
Stella, 'tis not your dainty head,
Your artless look, I own;
'Tis not your dear coquettish tread,
Or this, or that, alone;
Nor is it all your gifts combined;
'Tis something in your face,--
The untranslated, undefined,
Uncertainty of grace,
That taught the Boy on Ida's hill
To whom the meed was due;
All three have equal charms--but still
This one I give it to!
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Dobson, Austin. “The Nameless Charm.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dobson/78/.
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