And took no note of the hour while thence they gazed, 10

The blooming heath their couch, gazed, side by side,

In speechless admiration. I, a witness

And frequent sharer of their calm[288] delight

With thankful heart, to either Eminence

Gave the baptismal name each Sister bore. 15

Now are they parted,[289] far as Death’s cold hand

Hath power to part the Spirits of those who love

As they did love. Ye kindred Pinnacles—

That, while the generations of mankind