The long blade paused and—then descended hard.

Unfleshed, she flung it by her murdered lord,

And watched the blood spread darkly through the sheet,

And drip, a horror, at impassive feet

Pooling the polished oak. Regretless she

Stood, and relentless; in her ecstasy

A lovely devil: demon crowned, that cried

For Accolon, with passion that defied

Control in all her senses; clamorous as

A torrent in a cavernous mountain pass