The worst that love can contemplate,

And which can turn that love to hate.[1317]

One night, when he had gone from me,

I found a letter which he carelessly

Had overlooked. The script[1318] was small

And neat—a woman’s hand! A wall

Of fire outstretched[1319] before my eyes;

A nameless horror seemed to rise.

No, no! this could not be. He might

Be bad, be dead to sense of right,