Of sad, deep questioning, and she would turn

Appealingly to heaven, with trembling tears—

Yet was it she—the very same he saw,

Writ o'er with all the foul name of a wanton.

One fearful word broke from the quivering lips

Of the young Hebrew, as at last alone,

By the dark base of a high, shadowy rock,

He sank in agony; and then he bent

His forehead down to the cool, mossy turf,

And lay there silently. Light, creeping plants,