J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Frances Brooke (1724–1789)Song: “Her mouth, which a smile”
H
Devoid of all guile,
Half opens to view,
Is the bud of the rose
In the morning that blows,
Impearl’d with the dew.
Than the flow’r-scented heath
At the dawning of day;
The hawthorn in bloom,
The lily’s perfume,
Or the blossoms of may.