And utter ignorance of guilt—your own

Or other's guilt—the girlish undisguised

Delight at a strange novel prize—(I talk

A silly language, but interpret, you!)

If I, with fancy at its full, and reason

Scarce in its germ, enjoined you secrecy,

If you had pity on my passion, pity

On my protested sickness of the soul

To sit beside you, hear you breathe, and watch

Your eyelids and the eyes beneath—if you