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Golden head by golden head,
Like two pigeons in one nest
Fold in each other's wings,
They lay down in their curtained bed:
Like two blossoms on one stem,
Like two  flakes of new-fall'n snow,
Like two wands of ivory
Tipped with gold for awful kings.
Moon and stars gazed in at them.
Wind sang to them lullaby
Lumbering owls forbore to fly,
Not a bat flapped to and fro
Round their nest:
Cheek to cheek and breast to breast
Locked together in one nest.

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