Yet seems so true her eyes of blue,

Veined lids and longest lashes under,

Good angels dwelt therein, I felt,

And could have knelt in reverent wonder.

Poor heart, alas! what eye could pass

The auburn mass of curls caressing

Her pure white brow, made regal now

By this simplicity of dressing.

Lips dewy, red as Cupid’s bed

Of rose-leaves shed on Mount Hymettus,