1. O glance that led a beholder
To the causes of his demise

2. From love of a fair gazelle whose charm
Eludes the describer’s enterprise

3. The moon’s orb glimpsed in his cheek
A glimpse in the gazelle’s eye

4. When he walks, pulled by his rump
As if walking backwards awry

5. Where breaths alight on his mouth
And in his curves and palm—descry!

6. A son of eight, and four more years:
A boy yet ripe in his prime