And glad in his sight; therefore, glad I will be."

So, smiling: as at first went she.

VIII

She was active, stirring, all fire—

Could not rest, could not tire—

To a stone she might have given life!

(I myself loved once, in my day)

—For a shepherd's, miner's, huntsman's wife,

(I had a wife, I know what I say)

Never in all the world such an one!