And drumming hoofs of horses in the mad
Thunderous fury of the charge, that breaks
Baffled, like waves upon a wall of steel:
Give me again that life of ecstasy
And I shall leave your heaven to its sleep.”
She wrapped her cloak about her, close; and frowned
Once more upon the flame. He spoke again:
“When I was long-haired, too, the windy joys
Of battle wrought a madness in my blood;
Yet never night came but mine eyes would close