The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-01-18
About Eyes.

About Eyes.
From = collection Of savings by differ
ent writer's upon the color Of the eve an.
is indications. in the las' Phren0iorica
Journal we clip the following:
Blue EYEs.
Here IS what SOME lover OF the blue eye
says OF the ceru.ean Or5s most dear 10 Inn
Oh, aZure-eyed maidens. hear him.
The eyes which borrow thei. tint iron
the summer sHy-what eyes they are How
they dazzle and bewilder eri-how they mel
and soften how they fash in scorn anl
swim in tears. tai ones heart is scarcel,
worth moments purchase even Tor
housewives seve. The large. light blue
eye, with the golden eyelash and the iaintly
traced brow-the type Of heavenly purity
and peace-the calm. sad blue eve tia;
thrills ones heart with q single glance. and
me Well-opened one that flashes upon YOU
with q glorious ligh.-with 4 smile that
makes your head whirl, and with a mean
lng that you never iorget-oh. blue eyes
blue eyes that have looked upon NE here
and there that have stirred my heart ana
haunted my dreams for ten long years
that have shOne upon me in the summer
u
That have looked up from every page I have
written, and almost from every PAGE have
read.
BLACK EYES
VI these an admirer enumerates four
kinds: First. the small brilliant. hard black
eye which looks like q bead. and which one
might crack ike a cherry e; second the
glowing cavernOus black eyes. hot with
smouldering fires third. the sOil. swimming
sleepy black eyes; and fourth the large
well-set, and finely formed black eve.
- solemn az the hush Of midnight. still as a
mountain lake yet full OF passion. full of
thought and intellect and feeling; that rise
ma storm till the quiet surface glOws again 4:
an eye that has no need Of words that
never smiles, utknOws the warmth OF tears :.
an eye that goes straight 10 the heart with
single glance, and never leaves il more
an eye that does not intoxicate Ike the
Olue, but draws yOu surely on. and touches
chords IN your heart which have been un-
touched before, and can never wake for a
lesser power again.
The first may he the eve or a vain
beauty ANA belle. Eugene Aram. fancy.
hl4 the second, and many an inmate of
BeQlam has Il now. The third !anguishes
IN the harem THE Turk: and the fourth
IL IS Wei u IS not common one or we
should all be worse OF than we are now-is
the most beautiful, and also The most dan
gerous OF al. For the blue eve launches Il
score OF arrows, whose wounds NAV one daN
neal; but this has only one. and if il hit
the marx. Heaven help you the poisoned
shalt VIII linger in your heart forever"
BROWN EYES.
Thy brown ewes have Look nt. tfra5
fiylag slfalsAiway L. the ight -Ars BrosoniaJ
Brown eyes are often cOnfounded wi. h
hazel, but, though hazel ewes are brown
lhey deserve 10 form q separate class.
The true brown eye, an anonymous
writer says, have u softness and a beauty
peculiarly their own. Some are eager.
quick and merry; they generally 90 with
hght halr, and fair fresh compilations, and
their laughing brightness, their frank
9lances are rs different from the cooler and
calmer look OF the hazel as light from dark
hess. Others, strangely enough, have a
reddish glow, or. rather, an auburn light.
That gives them peculiar charm, especially
II, Is have often seen, the hair matches
shade for shade Others OF a more decided
brown. go with u dark hair and a dark com
pleXIOn, pale or brilliant is the case NAV
be, and others still as large and soft. with
starry light wlthin-a twilight radiance.
rather-that only need the curling hair. and
the pale, gentle face. the dainty form. and
the tender, wOmanly heart t. complete the
charm"
HAZEL EYES
Hazel or light brown eyes have char
acter Of their own, differing essentially from
the true brown ones Of the preceding class.
Speaking OF hazel-eyed girls. Major Noah
once said
- y hazel eye inspires at first sight
Flatonlc sentiment. as securely founded as
The rock OF Gibraltar. A woman with a
h1zei eye never elOpos from her husband /
never chats scandal. prefers his comfort TO
her own, never talks too much or too little
always Is an intellectual agreeable and
lovely creature
The gray is the sign Of shrewdncss and I
talent. Great thinkers and captains have /.
II. In woman ii indicates a better head /
than heart The dark hazel is Is noble in /
Us significance as in its beauty. The blue /,
IS amlable and may be feeble. The black +
take care there's thunder and lightning
there"
~nAI EYEs.
Another correspondent, in love with gray
eyes, sings their praises thus:
fiiE CRAY ETz MENTALITY
Le, The blue eve tell Of love
Aud the black 4 beauty
But the gray far above
Ia the realm q duty
Ardor Tor the black prOclsim
Gentle sympathy FOR blue;
But the gray may be the sane,
And The gray IS ever true
The blue Is the measured rad lance u NJ Jou ght gess
lonely,
AID the black the sparkle Of midnight when the Stars
are cleaning only.
But The gray : the eye OF the norainy and truth
ri daylight brightness
controls the passionate black with flashing sf sivsry
HhNeu3ss.
sag then y the blue eyes love
Siug the hazel eye OF beauty:
But the gray Is crowned above
Radiant 10 the realm q duty
lGALKsA
DANGEROUS GRAY EYES.
Last Of the gray eye comes the most
soft eve with a large pupil
hat contracts aud dilates with 4 word a
hOught, or a fash OF feeling: an eve that