Is it talking or singing, this he utters fast?

Misery that he should fix me with his eye,

Quick talking to some other all the while!

If he would husband this wild vehemence

Which frustrates its intent!—I heard, I know

I heard my name amid those rapid words.

Oh, he will know me yet! Could I divert

This current, lead it somehow gently back

Into the channels of the past!—His eye

Brighter than ever! It must recognize me!