...in love with "the Giaour" [djow'.er], flees from the seraglio, is overtaken, and cast into the sea. Her eyes' dark charm 'twere vain to tell ; But gaze on that of the gazelle — It wul assist thy fancy well. Byron, The Giaour (1813). Leilah, the Oriental type of female loveliness,...

...disgrace you in our contemplated ride t evening." The eye's dirk charm 'twere vain to tell, lin: ffnzo on that of the gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well: As large, as languishing!)' dark, But soul beamed forth in every spark That darted from beneath the lid, Bright...

...Gazelle's, Now brightly bold or beautifully shy." Compare, too, The Giaour, lines 473, 474 — " Her eye's dark charm 'twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle." II. A step as fleet, an eye more bright, Hath Judah witnessed there ; And o'er her scenes of lost delight...

...one, nay, more than one, of this well-favoured race : — " Her eye's dark charm 'twere vaiu to tell j But gaze on that of the gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well." But avast with our panegyrics, let us turn to the helm, where may be seen one of England's best practical...