In the twilight of the room,

And the thoughts, vibrating changeful

Through her spirit, grew revengeful

With their whisperings of doom:

Starting suddenly, she vanished far amid the deep’ning gloom.

In the stillness of the forest

Falls a timid, trembling gleam,

With a ruby radiance sparkling

On the rill that ripples darkling

Through the thicket, like a dream: