In which they slay me with a lingering death,

Will slay you with a sudden—Who are you?

Ros. A stranger from across the mountain there,

Who, having lost his way in this strange land

And coming night, drew hither to what seem’d

A human dwelling hidden in these rocks,

And where the voice of human sorrow soon

Told him it was so.

Seg. Ay? But nearer—nearer—

That by this smoky supplement of day