She murmur'd one word—"Salvini!"

"Avaunt!" he cried; "that name again!

Its mention ne'er will cease;

Does he still dare my throne to share,

And threaten my fame's short lease?"

But here the call-boy came to say,

That his absence stopped the piece.

* * * *

One night, months thence, whilst gentle sleep

Had still'd the City's heart,