I gave an eye to save from night
 A babe born blind;
And now with eager semi-sight
 Vast joy I find
To think a child can share with me
 Earth ecstasy!

Delight of dawn with dewy gleam
 On damask rose;
Crimson and gold as pennons stream
 Where sunset flows;
And sight most nigh to paradise,
 Star-studded skies.

Ah! How in old of age I feel,
 E'er end my days,
Could I star-splendoured sky reveal
 To childish gaze,
Not one eye would I give, but two,--
 Well, wouldn't you?