I would like to know when this first appeared in print
or oration? Is it English or American?
" What is the blooming tincture of the skin,
To peace of mind and harmony whithin?
What the bridge sparkling of the finest eye,
To the soft soothing of a calm reply?

mongenerale-ga,


The poem is called "True Comeliness" and was written in the eighteenth
century by English poet John Gay (1685-1732), best known as the author
of The Beggar's Opera.

It appears to have been a fairly well-known verse in the 19th century,
as it is reproduced in at least two online historical volumes of
collected popular materials:


http://snipurl.com/cnl3


Saunders, Frederick
Salad for the social
1856.
pg 108



http://snipurl.com/cnl2

Sargent, Epes
The primary standard speaker. Containing original and selected pieces,
especially adapted to declamation. For the youngest pupils.
1857
pg 72



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search strategy:  Searched the ever-useful Making of America site for
the phrase [ "blooming tincture" ]

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