Wrapped in a cloak of faded red,

With shoeless feet and naked head,

And ringlets shorn, a woman stood

Half muttering, in a crazy mood,

And watched with glazed and jealous eye

A gorgeous equipage move by.

Reined in the light of glaring lamps

The restless steed his bridle champs.

A form alights with agile bound,

But reeling, totters to the ground.