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Poe takes Virginia's hand Poe Virginia, you who have the face of a houri, the form of a sylph, and the heart of an angel, will you be my wife Mrs. C. Edgar Poe My gentle one, can I not teach you to love me Vir Teach me?— Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet
My reward will be in Paradise, where a houri is standing in the shade, above a vase of gold and silver fish, with a kiss on her lip, and an unbroken pair of green slippers in her hand for me.'— Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
An old woman, full of lamentation, led us to the sick couch, where lay a creature, beautiful in shape as a houri.— The Pacha of Many Tales
She was not a "funded houri," but a poor yatow_, a "forked head" or slave girl, whom he purchased on a lucky day, and, smitten with her charms, made her his wife.— An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma

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