And lifted up her lips for their first kiss.

IV

There where they part the porch's steps are strewn

With wind-dropped petals of the purple vine;

Athwart the porch the shadow of a pine

Cleaves the white moonlight; and, like some calm rune

Heaven says to Earth, shines the majestic moon;

And now a meteor draws a lilac line

Across the welkin, as if God would sign

The perfect poem of this night of June.