She woke; and one, that thro’ the dark made way,

Drew near, and stood beside; and over her

The curtain rustl’d. Trembling now she lay,

Fainting with terror: till upon her face

A kiss, and with two gentle arms’ embrace,

A voice that call’d her name in loving play.

22

Though for the darkness she coud nothing see,

She wish’d not then for what the night denied:

This was the lover she had lack’d, and she,