Of other love 'twixt them and us!

The tempest past, I paused. He stood

Silent,—and yet "Ungenerous!"

Was hurled back, plainer than ere could

His lips have said it, by his eyes

Fire-flashing, and his pale, set face,

Beautiful, and unmarred by trace

Of aught save pain and pained surprise.

—I quailed at last before that gaze,

And even faintly owned my wrong: