Of languid cushions, eager to caress

My weary limbs! from out its dreaming gloom

Made holy by the incense of perfume,

All unobserved and happy I'll confess

My senses to those roses, passionless,

And listening in their bowl of silver doom.

Sing, sing, sweet friend, but soft, though eagerly!

With tender pauses in between the notes

Filled up with little sighs, unconsciously—

These rose-dropped petals, they are fairy boats