It is thy soul; it is thy soul in arms

Which thus I conquer. All thy furtive sighs,

And all the glances of thy wistful eyes,

Proclaim the swift surrender of thy charms.

I kiss thy hand; and tremors and alarms

Discard, in parting, all their late disguise.

XI.

They were not foes. They knew me, one and all;

They knew I lov'd thee, and they lured me on

To try my fortune, and to wait thereon