Count the night-watches to his feathery dames,

’Twould be some solace yet, some little cheering,

In this close dungeon of [innumerous boughs].

But, Oh, that hapless virgin, our lost sister! 350

Where may she wander now, whither betake her

From the chill dew, amongst rude burs and thistles?

Perhaps some cold bank is her bolster now,

Or ’gainst the rugged bark of some broad elm

Leans her unpillowed head, fraught with sad fears. 355

What if in wild amazement and affright,