I'd like to put an evening dress on,
And many roses in my hair!
"My heart desires the old romances,
The fictions dear all facts above,
The flowers, the ices, and the dances,
The days of youth, the days of—Love.
"That giddy whirl, that senseless splendour,
Was dear, although I said it bored,
Agnosticism I'd surrender
Once, once again, to be adored!