(My father, and my children’s grandsire he),

It came to pass, that Cain, who dwelt alone,

Met Adam, at the nightfall, in the field:

Who fell upon his neck, and wept, and said,

My son, has not God spoken to thee, Cain?

And Cain replied, when weeping loosed his voice,

My dreams are double, O my father, good

And evil. Terror to my soul by night,

And agony by day, when Abel stands

A dead, black shade, and speaks not, neither looks,