And on them hung full many a thorn;

A thistle crown, she mutt’ring twin’d,

Now darted on,—now look’d behind—

And here, and there, her arm was seen

Bleeding the tatter’d folds between;

Yet, on her breast she oft display’d

A faded branch, that breast to shade:

For though her senses were astray,

She felt the burning beams of day:

She felt the wintry blast of night,