Of bridal waves high-bounding as before.

VIII.

And I remember how, at flush of morn,

Thou didst depart alone, to find a nook

Where none could see thee; where a lover's look

Were profanation worse than any scorn;

And how I went my way, among the corn,

To wait for thee beside the Shepherd's brook.

IX.

And lo! from out a cave thou didst emerge,