XXII + 

He was in error; for Eugene + 

Was sleeping then a sleep like death; + 

The pall of night was growing thin, + 

To Lucifer the cock must breathe + 

His song, when still he slumbered deep, + 

The sun had mounted high his steep, + 

A passing snowstorm wreathed away + 

With pallid light, but Eugene lay + 

Upon his couch insensibly; + 

Slumber still o’er him lingering flies. + 

But finally he oped his eyes + 

And turned aside the drapery; + 

He gazed upon the clock which showed + 

He long should have been on the road. + 