It was but a convulsion, which though short
Can never be described; we all have heard,[HG]
And some of us have felt thus "all amort"[362]
When things beyond the common have occurred;—
Gulbeyaz proved in that brief agony
What she could ne'er express—then how should I?
CVII.
She stood a moment as a Pythoness
Stands on her tripod, agonized, and full