Upon the crag; and Oswald came to her

With words of comfort which unloosed her pent

And aching woe in swift, tumultuous tears.

Oswald, in silent anguish, drew apart,

Gazing, unseeing, o'er the dawning waves;

Until at last the tempest of her grief,

In low and fitful sobbing, spent itself;

When, turning to him, once again she spake,

And, shuddering, with faltering voice, outpoured

The tale of her despair: and Oswald heard