And some are scathing, like the wintry wind;

And some begin, and some will never end.

III.

How can I think, ye tears! that I have been

The thing I was—so doubting, so unfit,

And so unblest, with brows for ever knit,

And hair unkempt, and face becoming lean

And cold and pale, as if I late had seen

Medusa's head, and all the scowls of it?

IV.