A branch of which reflected through the door[183]
Spread, transiently, a carpet o’er the floor,—
Jane sat expectant, watch’d with anxious care
The mutual movements of th’ approaching pair:
At length their voices fell upon her ear,
And she retards a half-unconscious tear,
Withdraws in haste into the inner room;
There speculates upon her likely doom—
Until she hears the gate’s familiar sound,—
And hence their footsteps on the pebbled ground.