Slow gangs she by the drunken anes,

And lanely by the winnock sits;

Frae’r robes, atour the sunken anes,

A rooky dwamin’ perfume flits.

Her gleamin’ silks, the taperin’

O’ her ringed fingers, and her feathers

Move dimly like a dream wi’in,

While endless faith aboot them gethers.

I seek, in this captivity,

To pierce the veils that darklin’ fa’