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