Portentous 'mid the sands, as when his hue

Betrays him and the burrowing snake gleams through;

Till, last ... but why parade more shame and pain?

Are not the proofs upon me? Here again

I pass into your presence, I receive

Your smile of pity, pardon, and I leave ...

No, not this last of times I leave you, mute,

Submitted to my penance, so my foot

May yet again adventure, tread, from source

To issue, one more ray of rays which course