That dims the lustre of those eyes;
She turns away her glance—but no,
Her hideous feet appear below!
And fatal echoes, deep and loud,
Her secret mind’s dark caverns stir;
She knows, though beautiful and proud,
That Paradise is not for her.
For, when in Eden’s blissful spot
Lost Eblis tempted man, she dared
To join the treach’rous angel’s plot