And your unwritten page so full of thought!

Each time they do not come your letters bring

A chaos of conjecture, gathering

Its forces like mad winds, ’till I am caught—

And swept—and swept into an agony.

Ah, ruinous silence that awakes such stress!

The noisy thunders of my heart suppress

The frail, pale music of my memory.

VI.

How long! How long, great God, must I regret