V + 

And once more came they by;⁠—alas! wherefore? + 

My sleep had been embroider’d with dim dreams; + 

My soul had been a lawn besprinkled o’er + 

With flowers, and stirring shades, and baffled beams: + 

The morn was clouded, but no shower fell, + 

Though in her lids hung the sweet tears of May; + 

The open casement press’d a new-leaved vine, + 

Let in the budding warmth and throstle’s lay; + 

O Shadows! ’twas a time to bid farewell! + 

Upon your skirts had fallen no tears of mine. + 