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Anne Boleyn

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Title:     Anne Boleyn
Author: Thomas Moore [More Titles by Moore]

TRANSLATION FROM THE METRICAL

"_Histoire d'Anne Boleyn."_


"S'elle estoit belle et de taille elegante,
Estoit des yeulx encor plus attirante,
Lesquelz scavoit bien conduyre a propos
En les lenant quelquefoys en repos;
Aucune foys envoyant en message
Porter du cueur le secret tesmoignage
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Much as her form seduced the sight,
Her eyes could even more surely woo;
And when and how to shoot their light
Into men's hearts full well she knew.
For sometimes in repose she hid
Their rays beneath a downcast lid;
And then again, with wakening air,
Would send their sunny glances out,
Like heralds of delight, to bear
Her heart's sweet messages about.


[The end]
Thomas Moore's poem: Anne Boleyn

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