With beating heart, yet unafraid,
Enchanted, watched the fairy scene
Between the curtains' parted screen.
The fierce north wind came sweeping pa: t
And shook her with its wintry blast;
The frosty pavement of the street
Chilled to the bone her ill-clad feet;
Yet moment after moment fled
And there she stood, with lifted head,
Her eager eyes, as in a trance,