Bit air. The darkness lifted like a smoke—

And it was early morning.

Gazing far,

From where the West yet kept a pallid star

To thinner sky where dawn was wearing through,

Hugh shrank with dread, reluctant to renew

The war with that serene antagonist.

More fearsome than a smashing iron fist

Seemed that vast negativity of might;

Until the frustrate vision of the night