The fisherman draw marvels from the deep,

Then homeward wing at eve to Ischia?

I cannot think it!... yet ...!

[Again distraught.

O what is it I dread! what thing has changed

All natural thoughts within me to repugnance,

All instincts and desires into terror?

I cannot touch my flesh, but I turn cold

As if I had touched pollution, cannot press

My child unto my breasts, but ... true, Oh, true!...