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!