... My sweet dream

Fell into nothing.

Ah, my sighs, my tears,

My clenched hands;—for, lo! the poppies hung

Dew-dabbled on their stalk, the ousel sung

A heavy ditty, and the sullen day

Had chidden herald Hesperus away

With leaden looks.

—Keats (Endymion).

Ellinor entered the room.