The madness of a word—has parted,

Leaving the marble in thy power:

And me, ah more than broken hearted.

Take back the tress! I cannot bear

To hold the link my hand has scattered;

It mocks me, in my dark despair,

With scenes and hopes forever shatter'd;

It haunts me with a thousand things—

A thousand words, half felt, half spoken—

When thy proud soul with eagle wings