Colemiʹra (3 syl.)
. “‘Could I,ʹ he cried, ‘express how bright a grace
Adorns thy morning hands and well-washed face,
Thou wouldst, Colemira, grant what I implore.
And yield me love, or wash thy face no more.ʹ”
Shenstone: Colemira, an Eclogue.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.