Under the dusky covert of his wing.

CXXI.

And so day ended. But no vesper spark

Hung forth its heavenly sign; but sheets of flame

Play'd round the savage features of the dark,

Making night horrible. That night, there came

A weeping maiden to high Sestos' steep,

And tore her hair and gazed upon the deep.

CXXII.

And waved aloft her bright and ruddy torch,