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!