Flos Lunae
 
I would not alter thy cold eyes,
Nor trouble the calm fount of speech
With aught of passion or surprise.
The heart of thee I cannot reach:
I would not alter thy cold eyes!
 
I would not alter thy cold eyes;
Nor have thee smile, nor make thee weep;
Though all my life droops down and dies,
Desiring thee, desiring sleep,
I would not alter thy cold eyes.
 
I would not alter thy cold eyes;
I would not change thee if I might,
To whom my prayers for incense rise,
Daughter of dreams! my moon of night!
I would not alter thy cold eyes.
 
I would not alter thy cold eyes,
With trouble of the human heart:
Within their glance my spirit lies,
A frozen thing, alone, apart;
I would not alter thy cold eyes.


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