Eternal Eve

Eternal Eve I was alone When you came to me Naked and ashamed, Bearing aloft The sacred fruit Torn from the tree he’d named. I was alone When you tempted me To launch a thousand ships, Ant the city of Troy Did perish then For a pair of lovely lips. I was alone When you offered me The freedom of the Nile But the flower of Rome Was ground to dust Because of a woman’s smile. I was alone When you spoke to me Of Russia’s snowy Steppes, But they took my lands And banished me To Elba’s rocky depths. I was alone When you whispered Words so sweet and low And drew from me The secret plans That helped my country’s foe. I was alone When you beckoned To me from every age And the powers of Eve Did violence add To history’s every page.