I knew her long, most fair a maid
With smiles warm and bright
And hair of brass and eyes of jade
Which sparkled in the light

Of dewy morns and starry skies
Up o’er in mountain clime
And all that met within her eyes
Melted deep in love’s time

Her laugh was soft, her soul of mirth
And all the winds caressed
Her hair as trod she light on earth
Her heart with love’s unrest

Beat quickly on, forever on
And her eyes which gleamed green
Shined in the stars of waxing dawn
With lovely, crystal sheen

And I kept her within my heart
Forevermore and more
For she was art’s masterful art
She was my love, my core