That moonlit face! It haunts me still!

The eyes that spoke the maddened brain!

That moonlit face! it sent a thrill

Of terror through my every vein!

“Aha! You thought me dead, you cur!”—

His breath blew hot against my cheek;

“Aha! You coward, you lied to her!”—

I felt my limbs grow strangely weak.

“Lorenzo! Look! The boat! The boat!”—

But how can mad men understand?