Her fair lips were shaped like the bow of dawning.

I asked her name,

Striking my spear in the deep earth for resting.

“I am Kantlak, a maiden, named for the Morning.

On the mountain-top I heard two eagles talking—

The word was Love.

They cried it, beating their wings on each other

Until they bled; and she fell,

Yet, falling, still weakly cried it

To him soaring: and died.