A web that gives invisibility. (Producing veil.)
Shrouded in this, I woo’d thee yesternight!
Oh, I can woo—At least, I’ve shown thee that!
A voice rang music in thine ears—’twas mine!
Words thrilled thee to the core—I spake those words!
Love filled thy very soul—’twas I that woo’d!
My very self, stripped of the hideous mask
In which my soul stands shrouded from the world.
I’ll woo like that all day! But shut thine eyes,
Or turn thine head away, and I shall make