Until dark night[602] dismissed her to her bed!

Thus did a waking fancy sometimes lose

The unconquerable pang of despised love.[IA]

"A kindlier passion opened[603] on her soul

When that poor Child was born. Upon its face

She gazed[604] as on a pure and spotless gift

Of unexpected promise, where a grief

Or dread was all that had been thought of,—joy

Far livelier than bewildered traveller feels,

Amid a perilous waste that all night long