English poem
To a Lady, XXV
by A. Cleveland Coxe (1818–1896)
And their fairy fingers were fain to play: But I was a-going, and gone too far To listen them longer, as there I lay, Though each was as lovely as angels are. And each had locks, like the beamy light, And lips like the crimson wine, And eyes, like the stars of the morning, bright, Or the diamond’s spark divine.