With dark events. Desirous to divert[249]

Or stem the current of the speaker's thoughts,

We signified a wish to leave that place

Of stillness and close privacy, a nook

That seemed for self-examination made;[250]

Or, for confession, in the sinner's need,

Hidden from all men's view.[DH] To our attempt

He yielded not; but, pointing to a slope

Of mossy turf defended from the sun,

And on that couch inviting us to rest,