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Black And Blue Eyes.

By Thomas Moore

Topics: classic

The brilliant black eye              May in triumph let fly     All its darts without Caring who feels 'em;              But the soft eye of blue,              Tho' it scatter wounds too,     Is much better pleased when it heals 'em--              Dear Fanny!     Is much better pleased when it heals 'em.              The black eye may say,              "Come and worship my ray--     "By adoring, perhaps you may move me!"              But the blue eye, half hid,              Says from under its lid,     "I love and am yours, if you love me!"              Yes, Fanny!              The blue eye, half hid,              Says, from under its lid,     "I love and am yours, if you love me!"              Come tell me, then, why              In that lovely blue eye     Not a charm of its tint I discover;              Oh why should you wear              The only blue pair     That ever said "No" to a lover?             Dear Fanny!             Oh, why should you wear             The only blue pair     That ever said "No" to a lover?

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About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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