EYES DIVINE

His eyes divine were shot with light

Like flashes in a northern night,

Magnetic gleam that wrought a spell

On whom its star-like shimmer fell —

A spell of wonder and delight;—

Enchantment such as gods excite

With glowing depths of chrysolite,

Or blooming beds of asphodel —

His eyes divine!

In metaphysics recondite,

In realms of verse by royal right

Of Genevieve and Christabel

The first upon the mystic shell;

And yet his greatest charm and might

Were eyes divine!