Living
There Are Certain Blue Eyes
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
There are certain blue eyes
Which insist on your sighs,
And the readiest to give them is far the most wise;
An obstinate lout
Resolved to stand out
Cries at last like a criminal under the knout.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Are Certain Blue Eyes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/636/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Are Certain Blue Eyes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/636/.
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