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When first I gazed on GERTRUDE'S face, / Beheld her loveliness and grace; / Her brave gray eyes, her raven hair, / Her ways, more winsome than the kiss / "Spring" gives the flowers; her smile, that is / Brighter than all the summer air / Made sweet with birds:I did declare, -- / And still declare! -- there is no one, / No girl beneath the moon or sun, / So beautiful to look upon! / And to my thoughts, that on her dwell, / Nothing seems more desirable -- / Not OPHIR gold nor ORIENT pearls -- / Than seems this jewel-girl of girls.