Upward beside Pionia took his way
Toward Auseva. Heavily to him,
Impatient for the morrow’s happiness,
Long night had linger’d, but it seem’d more long
To Roderick’s aching heart. He too had watch’d
For dawn, and seen the earliest break of day,
And heard its earliest sounds; and when the Prince
Went forth, the melancholy man was seen
With pensive pace upon Pionia’s side
Wandering alone and slow. For he had left