I once into your eyes looked

I once into your eyes looked,

the flash of unfading love I beheld there,

I once upon your cheeks saw

the bloom of roses from heaven fair.

And though the flash of eye may fade

and though the roses may wither,

their splendor ever new refreshed,

is how my heart will remember.

And never will I behold your cheeks

and in your eyes ne'er be gazing,

without those roses that I saw bloom

and with that flash be blazing.