First Love + 

Though nurtured like the sailing moon + 

In beauty’s murderous brood, + 

She walked awhile and blushed awhile + 

And on my pathway stood + 

Until I thought her body bore + 

A heart of flesh and blood. + 

But since I laid a hand thereon + 

And found a heart of stone + 

I have attempted many things + 

And not a thing is done, + 

For every hand is lunatic + 

That travels on the moon. + 

She smiled and that transfigured me + 

And left me but a lout, + 

Maundering here, and maundering there, + 

Emptier of thought + 

Than heavenly circuit of its stars + 

When the moon sails out. + 