Headlong, along the wild and headlong sky.

Once when the lightning made the casement glare,

Squares touched to gold, athwart it swept her hair,

As if a raven's wing had cut the storm

Death-driven seaward. And the vague alarm

Of her swift coming filled his soul with hope

And wild surmise, that winged beyond the scope

Of all his dreams had dreamed of, when he saw

'Twas she, the all-adored. He felt no awe

When low she kneeled beside him, beautiful