Eyes of Blue and Brown

Two eyes met mine

Of heav'n's own blue --

Forgetmenots

Seen under dew.

My heart straightway

Refused to woo

All other eyes

Except those two.

Days came and went

A whole year thro',

And still I loved

Two eyes of blue.

But when one day

Two eyes of brown,

In olive set

Beneath a crown

Of browner hair,

Met mine, behold,

The eyes beneath

The shining gold,

Love-lit and loved

In days of yore,

Grew dim, and were

Sky-blue no more!