68 t)e Barton's Storn. 



Trots larges : le sein, le front et 1'entre-sourcil. 



Trois estroites : la bouche, la ceinture et 1'entree 

 du pied. 



Trois grosses : le bras, la cuisse et le gros de la 

 jambe. 



Trois deities : les doigts, les cheveux et les levres. 



Trois petttea : les tetins, le nez et la teste. 



Sont t rente en tout. 



Dark eyelids a dark purple, rarely the typical 

 violet hue are a well-known mark of feminine 

 beauty. Cleopatra's eyes must have flashed 

 over them ; and we know the fair Georgians of 

 the East, who do not come by them naturally, 

 use k'Jiol to produce the languorous charm 

 they are supposed to impart. Still, this does 

 not satisfactorily explain the Shakespearean 

 analogy 

 Violets dim, but sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes. 



To carry out the comparison of the poet, who 

 distinctly qualifies the color as "dim," Bran- 

 tome's beauty-mark will scarcely apply in its 

 literal sense. Possible allusion to fragrance is 

 out of the question ; it must, then, refer to some 

 other sense either to that of sight or feeling 

 the term sweeter being employed for lovely, or 

 to denote softness to the touch. Let us, there- 

 fore, look deeper into the eye of woman. A kiss 

 upon the eyelids and for this we do not require 



