A sudden break of heavy clouds could show
A place she knew not, but she strove to know. 550
Still further on she crept with trembling feet,
With hope a friend, with fear a foe, to meet;
And there was something fearful in the sight,
And in the sound of what appear’d to-night;
For now, of night and nervous terror bred,
Arose a strong and superstitious dread;
She heard strange noises, and the shapes she saw
Of fancied beings bound her soul in awe.