Devoted to the sword’s tremendous task,

I follow with the rest. The Vesper-bell!

That sound shall wake th’ avenger; for ’tis come,

The time when power is in a voice, a breath,

To burst the spell which bound us. But the night

Is waning, with her stars, which one by one

Warn us to part. Friends to your homes!—your homes?

That name is yet to win. Away! prepare

For our next meeting in Palermo’s walls.

The Vesper-bell! Remember!