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Oh, Mignon's mouth is like a rose, / A red, red rose, that half uncurls / Sweet petals o'er a crimson bee: / Or like a shell, that, opening, shows / Within its rosy curve white pearls, / White rows of pearls, / Is Mignon's mouth that smiles at me.
Oh, Mignon's eyes are like blue gems, / Two azure gems, that gleam and glow, / Soft sapphires set in ivory: / Or like twin violets, whose stems / Bloom blue beneath the covering snow, / The lidded snow, / Are Mignon's eyes that laugh at me.
O mouth of Mignon, Mignon's eyes! / O eyes of violet, mouth of fire! -- / Within which lies all ecstasy / Of tears and kisses and of sighs: -- / O mouth, O eyes, and O desire, / O love's desire, / Have mercy on the soul of me!