And oft the votaress heaved a sigh.

She seemed with dull and wandering sense,

Beneath a spirit's influence.

The noble princess, pained with woe

Which till that hour she ne'er could know,

Tears in her heavy trouble shed,

But not a word to me she said.

She raised her face which grief had dried

And tenderly her husband eyed,

Gazed on him as he turned to go