Smote him with deadly influence: so night passed,

A night as long as three; the chilly dawn

Came, grey, and weakly struggling with the Moon,

Then threw a red flush over all the East,

Whereat the Moon turned white, and hid herself,

While the great Orb that is her lord arose,

And swiftly mounted high: his pain increased,

His body streamed, his brain was agonised,

His sense was reeling; suddenly there came

A tingling stillness on his ears; his eyes