And evermore does weep at what he dreams,

And then does weep that he should dream no more.

In darkest fancies all that night I lay,

A murderess, guilty of Doretta’s death.

XXXIV.

Alas! and after those long hours of woe,

More woe awaited me when morning came.

Our Haydn’s bed-worn frame, so frail before,

New-rent by throes of passion yesterday,