I hold them all most dear; but oh! black eyes,

I live and die, and only die for you.

Of late such eyes looked at me—while I mused

At sunset, underneath a shadowy plane

In old Bayona, nigh the Southern Sea—

From an half-open lattice looked at me.

I saw no more only those eyes—confused

And dazzled to the heart with glorious pain.


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