Anon with deathlike voids alternating.
One hour, my faith in her was like the sun,
The next, my doubt was lightless as the night.
All prefaced fitly that which you shall hear.
XXV.
I, once, recurring to my youth, had said
Of Elbert, that he soon, fulfilling plans
Long form’d, would join me here in Germany.
“Why,” Alice cried, “to think you know so well
Our Elbert!”