But hidden till this hour. Wouldst thou dare, lady,

To join our councils at the night’s mid watch,

In the lone cavern by the rock-hewn cross?

Vit. What should I shrink from?

Pro. Oh! the forest-paths

Are dim and wild, e’en when the sunshine streams

Through their high arches; but when powerful night

Comes, with her cloudy phantoms, and her pale

Uncertain moonbeams, and the hollow sounds

Of her mysterious winds; their aspect then