Uneasy sleep in her league-wide bed.

Rocked to and fro with a camel's burden

On broken tracks, that are thin as scars,

We near the Gulf. Have we seen our guerdon?"

"Yea, every night we have seen the stars."

"The dust is thick, and our own feet raise it.

Our eyes were clear did our feet but rest.

We give our heart and no sign repays it.

What need we ever a further test!

We drift along with the old dumb neighbour