Came, morn by morn, to mitigate and bless;
A benediction in my bitterness.
Time after time, when the approaching night
Had banished every modicum of light,
And clothed each outline with her sable guise,
I watched the greenish glow of reptile eyes,
Nor dared to slumber, till exhaustion's sleep
Benumbed my senses with its stupors deep.
Then, conjured by the witcheries of night,
Came pleasant dreams and visions of delight,