West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-29

Palas Athcne. the blue-eyrd roddcssnf
Athens; Cy,hrrra. ralmnt fram The sen
her eyes ever looking love la eyes thNt
Spahe agnin--thrsc are but II few In
stances "t h"m0r's description "f the
windows OF the soul.
But the psets do mt devote all their
praise 10 blue eyes for there ARE bean
ti,ul eyes of all colors.
Let the blue eve tell of love,
And the black OF beauty,
And the gray soars far above
In the realm of duty.
Ardor for the black proclaIm,
Gentle sympathy for blue,
But the gray must be the Same,
And the gray is ever true,
Sing, then, of the blue eyes, love.
Sing the hazel eyes OF beauty.
But the gray is crowned above,
Radiant in the realm OF duty.
l'ante'S heroine, Beatrice had green
eyes that glanced like emeralds.
And in her tender eyes
Just that soft shade of green we some
times see in evening skies.
Green eyes IN women do not indicate
jealousy and have little or nothing to
do with that green-eyed monster, but
they indicate imagination and love for
the poetic and visions OF seers.
Cleopatra had hazel eyes, In which
all the colors seemed to commingle.
Southern creoles have such eyes. They
are at times soft and lam bent, and she
who looks through such lambent win
dows can touch every note of passion,
be soft and sweet and low. and In "a
moment strike with the rage OF a pam
ther and rend you. She is as fitful as
the sea.
Brown eyes have softness and
beauty that mean abiding affection.
Graceful aud tender. loving, kind.
The wide world DER you will not find
Eyes that 50 firm the heart can bind.
Brown eyes are rarely lighted by pas
sion, but are filed with laughing
brightness.
Thy brswn eyes have n look like birds
Flying straigbtway 90 the light.
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As rule the novelists have associat-
ed the tragic spirit with black eyes.
and IL is possibly true that bluck-cyed
women have quicker telupers and are
more resentful than their sisters OF the
blue aud gray. They belong TO south
ern ci'nes, where the blood runs more
swiftly. but they are not so veDgeful
in spirit nor do they hold anger so
long.
Black eyes most dazzle at ball.
Blue eyes most please at evening fall;
The black a conquest soonest gains,
The blue Il conquest best retains
Then there arc the soft gray eyes,
that may be classSd under the style of
mischievous or dangerous, yes that arc
full OF sunshine and understand tho
whole gamut OF Irritation
She can make love as well as you.
Take care, beware
She will hold You captive at her own
sweet will, and WHEN tile summer is
over calmly set you adrift with perhaps
an an revoir for next summer.
Then there arc the gray-eyed women
Of tho Minerva tyPe-women ofintel-
lect, brilliant takers. always serene
Of temper and faithful in friendship.
These are most excellent kind
NEaEE
Joan Of Arc was a gray-eved blonde.
a somewhat unusual type in France,
and Queen Elizabeth had gray eyes
and red hair, a combination not often
seen. The eyes Of Mary Queen Of scots
were Rrayish blue and OF rare beauty
The two most noted poisoners the
wo-ld has known. Lucresia I,argia and
AaIe. Brinvilliers, wore women of blue
eyes and blonde hair They we're
beautiful, but they were doviIisl.
The form md brilliancv 81 the eve
makes its attraction rather than the
color. IL may be blue. black. hazel
brown or green. ifit has expression.
inteiloct, soul, 1t will be- admired and
prs iscd.
'rns bright black eye the melting blue;
cannot choose between the two;
Rat that Is dearest all the while
That wears for us the sweetest smile.
Aud as we read So Loves Labor
Lost
From woman's eyes this doctrine ! de-
sire.
They sparkle still the right Prometbeau
fire;
They are che books. the arts. tho acad-
emies
That show, contain and nourish an
tho world
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