While love strewed flowers beneath her feet;

Flowers which, so pressed by her, became more sweet.

II.

From the bright vision's head

A careless veil of lawn was loosely spread:

From her white temples fell her shaded hair

Like cloudy sunshine, not too brown nor fair;

Her hands, her lips, did love inspire;

Her every grace my heart did fire:

But most her eyes, which languished with desire.