But false! O Heaven![1320] The dreadful thought

Surged in my brain.[1321] I crushed[1322] it, fought[1323]

It down with frenzied eagerness.

The note was open; chilled, nerveless,

I drew it[1324] from its fold and read,

[1325]“This night to meet him,” so it said.

This night! how throbbed[1326] my aching head!

Her house it gave—the place, the hour—

I seemed renewed with sudden power.

He[1327] would be there, and so would I.[1328]