Was mine beneath the darkness of that sky,

There at your door who could not leave or wait,

And heard the bird of midnight's desolate cry?

And saw at last the blue light quenched, and saw

A taper lighted in my chamber—why

This treachery, Leonora? Why withdraw

The love you gave, or eviler, lead me here,

O sorceress, before whom heaven's law

Breaks and is impotent—whose eyes no tear

Of penitence shall know, whose spirit fares