And all your friends, that here indeed was love.
For three long months you met as lovers meet,
And half the town has seen him at your feet;
Then, on the evil day that saw you part, 260
Your ashy looks betray’d your aching heart.
With this against you——
C. This, my watchful friend,
Confess I cannot, therefore must defend.
“Shelley! dear Charles, how enter’d he your mind?
Well may they say that jealousy is blind!