XXIII + 

Out went the taper as she hurried in; + 

Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: + 

She closed the door, she panted, all akin + 

To spirits of the air, and visions wide: + 

No uttered syllable, or, woe betide! + 

But to her heart, her heart was voluble, + 

Paining with eloquence her balmy side; + 

As though a tongueless nightingale should swell + 

Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled in her dell. + 