And then was the windless wood all still,
He looked around o'er all the place,
But saw no image of the chase.
And as he looked the night-mirk now
O'er all the tangled wood 'gan flow.
Then stirred the sweetling that he bore,
And she slid adown from his arms once more.
Nought might he see her well-loved face;
But he felt her lips in the mirky place.
"'Tis night," she said, "and the false day's gone,