But, when his lawyers had their efforts made,
No mind in man the darkness could pervade;
’Twas palpably obscure: week after week
He sought for comfort, but was still to seek. 250
At length, impatient to return, he strove
No more with law, but gave the rein to love;
And to his Lady and their native shore
Vow’d to return, and thence to turn no more.
While yet on Irish ground in trouble kept,
The Husband’s terrors in his toils had slept;