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Oracles From the Poets: a Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room · Caroline Howard Gilman — chapter 9 of 70 · ~328 words · public domain

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DR. S. H. DICKSON.

50. Never credit me, if I don't think thee more stupid, yea, more obtusely, intensely, and impenetrably thick-skulled, than ever man or woman was before thee.

FANNY KEMBLE--Star of Seville.

51. Some deem you are a surly man, But they know not your griefs and fears, How you have been beloved by one, Whose image lies "too deep for tears."

THOMAS MILLER.

52. One charm, We in your graceful character observe; That though your passions burn with high impatience, And sometimes, from a noble heat of nature, Are ready to fly off, yet the least check Of ruling reason brings them back to temper, And gentle softness.

THOMSON--Tancred and Sigismunda.

53. You are the fellow at the chimney corner, Who keeps the fire alive that warms us all.

FANNY KEMBLE.

54. You love, and would be loved again; Do but confess it;--you possess a soul, That what it wishes, wishes ardently. You would believe you hated, had you power To love with moderation

HILL--Zara.

55. A soul Too great, too just, too noble to be happy.

CIBBER--Zimena.

56. Though straiter bounds your fortune does confine, In your large heart is found a wealthy mine

WALLER.

57. Your heart has settled in a sea of pride, Till every part is cold and petrified.

MISS H. F. GOULD.

58. Your mirth is the pure spirits of various wit, Yet never doth your God or friends forget; And when deep talk and wisdom come in view, Retires, and gives to them their due

COWLEY.

59. You are young, and of That mould which throws out heroes; fair in favor, And doubtlessly, with such a form and heart, Would look into the fiery eyes of war.

BYRON--Werner.

60. Calm as evening skies Is your pure mind, and lighted up with hopes That open heaven.

THOMSON--Tancred and Sigismunda.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER?

LADY.

NEVILL.--Know'st thou how slight a thing a woman is?

SCUDMORE.--Yes; and how serious too.

NATHANIEL FIELD--

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