And eyes on earth, grown dogged, Dymer came,

Who all the long day in the woods had fled

From the horror of those lips that screamed his name

And cursed him. Busy wonder and keen shame

Were driving him, and little thoughts like bees

Followed and pricked him on and left no ease.

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Now, when he looked and saw this emptiness

Seven times enfolded in the idle hills,

There came a chilly pause to his distress,