When in the darkness of the grave they stay,

By our attack brought low,

The loathèd dance through which in raiment black we go:

Antistrophe III

And through the ill that leaves him dazed and blind,

He still is all unconscious that he falls,

So thick a cloud enthrals

The vision of his mind:

And Rumour with a voice of wailing calls,

And tells of gathering gloom