The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-10
From the Ney York Knieker6oeksr.
EYES AND LIPS.

The vivedness of an eyes expression is not depend
ent on its color The eyeis most expressive, whose
owner has the most thought and feeling The eye
expresses language of the mind and heart and whe
ther light dark, wherever there is strong emotion
manifests it. man is better reader Of meaning in
a woman's eye than he is Of one Of his own gender ;
and lady discovers indication in the eyes Of the
opposite sex, than can the most scrutinzing man.
The eye is the most poeca Of features and ample
testimony has been borne in all times, its superio
~ in this particular There is much poetry in the
smile Of one we love but there is more in the pleam-
ing kindness of eye from which the concentrated rays
Of feeling, thought and sentiment are looking forth
Did you look in the tranquil depths Of an eye and
the shadows Of thought wingng themselves onward!
Did you never read whole chapters about the sympathy
OF souls in them! II not, your observation has not
been acute, your love very devout.
The sublime science Of astrology, which once CON-
manded the faith OF the learned has been laughed at by
the wisdom OF more modern times. The doctrines and
the devotion Of those old readers Of the stars have
been discarded and to the human eyes the only relic
of astroogy now on earth has been confded Lovers
are the sole lnheritors of the romantic doctrines be-
queathed by elder astroogcrs to poserity. They do
not cast deyout looks towards the bespanged frma-
ment, at night but to them, the brow OF beloved be-
ingis heaven, and star that unfolds TO them the
shadows of their coming destnies. Their ancestors
read the DEGREES Of fate in the gerlng watchers Of the
night season, and they oresee the mysteries of the u
ture in the expressions which shift and play upon the
eye If the eye ofhis mistress sparkcs his approach,
It'll the precursor Of after Joy II the muky shadow Of
frown rests upon it, it is the forebodng Of the woe to
come
To the lover the eye Of his mistress is eloquent
Of hope fear, Of triumph defeat II is the polar
star Of his hope the exposure Of his faith and IN the
complexion OF the future changes her eye wanes in
the shadow, or into the light of day.
wholesome LIP is thing to be loved People arc
too much in the habit Of regarding lips mere appen
dages TO the human face dvlne'-ornaments, like
earrings TO set OIL its beauty This is to detract from
their true and excellence They serve other purpo
ses, and induces OF character
A wholesome lip is of the complexion OF a morello
cherry Il pouts like rose bud, and might lead bee
astray, the grapes of Xenis did the birds. When
kissing in fashion, gaants Of taste showed pre-
ference for lips of this kind. There was flavor about
them-ambrosia, which young Love fed and grew
fat.
The disciple Of Socrates was feminine in the matter
OF lips for bees lowered them and the judgment
Of bee in this particular scarcely inferior to that Of
bachelor under thirty.
In general, people to think their noses OF more
importance than their lips, and many saucy noses seem
TO be Of the same way Of thinking since we see them
turning up with high dsdain, il the lips were so infe-
rior to merit scorn.
No genleel, welLbehaved is guilty OF such
dastardy eFrontery. Such one il is true, may at
times flap its posrs, and Justify over it's neigh