And wait the zephyr’s aiding wing;

What haste?—this hour, ill omen’d found!

The raven’s croak was heard around;

Hawks, nets, and ills of ev’ry kind

Henceforth shall haunt my boding mind;

And what does Heav’n at home deny

That thou canst wish, or Heav’n supply?”

These words in doubt Columbo hold,

Still weakly vain, and rashly bold;

At length his restless wish prevails,