Straight from the hills: he may have suffered there in time gone by,

And once, from those forsaken heights, looked down,

Lonely himself, on all the lonely sorrows of the earth.

It is his kingdom—Sleep. If I could leave you there—

If, without waking you, I could get up and reach the door—!

We used to go together.—Shut, scared eyes,

Poor, desolate, desperate hands, it is not I

Who thrust you off. No, take your hands away—

I cannot strike your lonely hands. Yes, I have struck your heart,

It did not come so near. Then lie you there