These fingers, fairy small, could these belong to thee—

Once merriest girl in France, the proud, the fond, the free?

Methinks thy slender form

Seems with a proud, commanding air to rise;

And wondrous power to charm

Dwells in the midnight of those thoughtful eyes:

While on thy curved lip, and lofty marble brow

Sitteth the high resolve, that suits thy purpose now!

Did not thy woman’s heart

Thrill with emotions never felt before?