Of flowers was here; the foxglove standing high

Sheltered the whining wasp. With hasty eye

He travelled round the walls. One doorway led

Within: one showed a further court ahead.

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He ran up to the first—a hungry lover,

And not yet taught to endure, not blunted yet,

But weary of long waiting to discover

That loved one’s face. Before his foot was set

On the first stair, he felt the sudden sweat,