By one gemmed pin,—a moonbeam there,

Half-drowned within its night-like black.—

And I who sat beside you then

Seemed blessed above all mortal men.

I loved you for the way you sighed;

The way you said, "I love but you;"

The smile with which your lips replied;

Your lips, that from my bosom drew

The soul; your looks, like undenied

Caresses, that seemed naught but true: