MINE eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart <br />As swift to love. I did become at once <br />Thine wholly, thine unalterably, thine <br />In honourable service, pure intent, <br />Steadfast excess of love and laughing care: <br />And as she was, so am, and so shall be. <br />I knew thee helpful, knew thee true, knew thee <br />And Pity bedfellows: I heard thy talk <br />With answerable throbbings. On the stream, <br />Deep, swift, and clear, the lilies floated; fish <br />Through the shadows ran. There, thou and I <br />Read Kindness in our eyes and closed the match.<br /><br />Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mine-eyes-were-swift-to-know-thee/
