Proverbs 6:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Neither let her take thee with her eye-lids - It is a very general custom in the East to paint the eye-lids. I have many Asiatic drawings in which this is expressed. They have a method of polishing the eyes with a preparation of antimony, so that they appear with an indescribable lustre; or, as one who mentions the fact from observation, "Their eyes appear to be swimming in bliss."