Lady, to see how bold when skies are blue,

When black winds churn the deeps how panic-pale,

How swift to the old nest fly you!

XXVIII.

—What thinks your friend, kind sir? We have escaped

But partly that old half-tamed wild beast’s paw

Whereunder woman, the weak thing, was shaped:

Men too have known the cramping enemy

In grim brute force, whom force of brain shall awe:

Him our deliverer, await we!