They are of massive weight, and have withstood

In ancient service past, more briny floods

Than would have drowned this cell, save that the earth

Drank the hot tide of anguish as it gushed,—

More thirsty now than ever! Let me pass

Nearer that side—methinks a freer air

Is entering thence. Your hand, Beltramo—

Teresa.

Hold!

What hand should serve him but mine own?—What’s this?