She was a Phantom of delight  
  When first she gleamed upon my sight;  
  A lovely Apparition, sent  
  To be a moment's ornament;  
  Her eyes as stars of twilight fair,  
  Like twilights too her dusky hair,  
  But all things else about her drawn  
  From May-time and the cheerful dawn.
Stanza 1 - She Was a Phantom of Delight (1804)























