Dream of Fair Women

The lady gave her trust, an apple fell,
And guilt began, and pain, and death as well,
In stories that we tell.

The lady gave her trust, the heavens shone
Upon a maiden mother, one alone
In ballads we have known.

O first and second Eve, O dream of men
Believing life is good or might have been
And that we live again!

A sleeping beauty dreams her lover's grace,
Opens her eyes upon a human face,
Keeps upon the human race.