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An Arab, by his earnest gaze, And into words his longing gushes.
— Blushing
An Arab, by his earnest gaze, And into words his longing gushes.
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,And flare up bodily, wings and all.
I pity bashful men, who feel the painOf needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.
What betraying things blushes are ! Like sealing wax in the juvenile riddle, a blush "burns to keep a secret."
The apple blossoms' shower of pearl,As evanescent too.
Such was the colour—when her cheekTo love, and to the rose alone—
I will go wash;Whether I blush or no.
Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes,That banish what they sue for.
By noting of the lady I have mark'dIn angel whiteness beat away those blushes.
Where now I have no one to blush with me,To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine.
Two red fires in both their faces blazed;And, blushing with him, wistly on him gazed.
And bid the cheek be ready with a blushThe youthful Phœbus.
Come, quench your blushes and present yourselfThat which you are, mistress o' the feast.
Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
Blushed like the waves of hell.
'Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast,But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.
Pure friendship's well-feigned blush.
Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my boy; that is the complexion of virtue."
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
Blushing is the colour of virtue.
Such a blushLike red poppies grown with corn.
While mantling on the maiden's cheekYoung roses kindled into thought.
From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks,To revel in the roses.
Yet will she blush, here be it said,To hear her secrets so bewrayed.
