I rose, crawled on, and with expiring strength

Knocked, sank again, and knew not even then

It was Antonio's door by which I lay.

A window opened, and a voice called out:

"Qui e?" "I am Ginevra." And I thought,

"Now he will fall to trembling, like the rest,

And bid me hence." But, lo, a moment more

The bolts were drawn, and arms whose very touch

Was life, lifted and clasped and bore me in.

"O ghost or angel of my buried love,