She lifts the eyelids amethyst, 
And looks from half-shut eyes, 
Gleaming with miracles of mist, 
Gray shadows on blue skies ; 
And on her whole face sunrise-kissed, 
Child-wonderment most wise. 
 
 
The whitest arms in all the earth 
Blush from the lilac bed. 
Like a young star even at its birth 
Shines out the golden head. 
Sad violets are the maiden girth, 
Pale flames night-canopied. 
 
 
O gentlest lady !  Lift those eyes, 
And curl those lips to kiss ! 
Melt my young boyhood in thy sighs, 
A subtler Salmacis ! 
Hide, in that peace, these ecstasies ; 
In that fair fountain, this ! 
 
 
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