Sh’ inclined her tearful eyes toward the shade;

But in the twinkling of an eye it fled:

“Ah me! (she said) he’s gone—yet not for ever!”

Now Jane had learnt how painful ’twas to sever

From one who dearly lov’d, and whom she lov’d,—

As her demeanour most distinctly prov’d,—

For when she looked (in vain) to see the coach

Which bore him on, she hurried to her couch

And there * * * but ere she’d time to vent her grief

Her kind adviser[213] came to her relief—