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Mine eyes, like clouds, were drizzling rain; And as they thus did entertain The gentle beams from Julia’s sight To mine eyes levell’d opposite, O thing admir’d! there did appear A curious rainbow smiling there; Which was the covenant that she No more would drown mine eyes or me.
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The Rainbow, Or Curious Covenant
Mine eyes, like clouds, were drizzling rain; And as they thus did entertain The gentle beams from Julia’s sight To mine eyes levell’d opposite, O thing admir’d! there did appear A curious rainbow smiling there; Which was the covenant that she No more would drown mine eyes or me.
1591 - 1674/English