Still shone her face—yet not, alas! the same,

But 'gan some dreary touches to assume,

And sadder thoughts, with sadder changes came—

Her eyes resigned their light, her lips their bloom,

Her teeth fell out, her tresses did the same,

Her cheeks were tinged with bile, her eyes with rheum:

There was a throbbing at her heart within,

For, oh! there was a shooting in her chin.

XXI.

And lo! upon her sad desponding brow,