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1840–1921

THE NAMELESS CHARM.

Austin Henry Dobson

Stella,‘ tis not your dainty head, Your artless look, I own; ‘ Tis not your dear coquettish tread, Or this, or that, alone;

Nor is it all your gifts combined; ‘ Tis something in your face,— The untranslated, undefined, Uncertainty of grace,

That taught the Boy on Ida's hill To whom the meed was due; All three have equal charms — but still This one I give it to!

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