How she shall dress, and whether she may speak.”

A sober smile returned the Youth, and said,

“Can I cause fear, who am myself afraid?”

Sybil, meantime, sat thoughtful in her room,

And often wonder’d - “Will the creature come?

Nothing shall tempt, shall force me to bestow

My hand upon him, - yet I wish to know.”

The door unclosed, and she beheld her sire

Lead in the Youth, then hasten to retire;

“Daughter, my friend - my daughter, friend,” he cried,