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The bright black eye, the melting blue,— I cannot choose between the two.
The bright black eye, the melting blue,— I cannot choose between the two.
Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote649 · printed citation: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: The Dilemma.
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