XXV + 

And as he to the court-yard pass’d along, + 

Each third step did he pause, and listen’d oft + 

If he could hear his lady’s matin-song, + 

Or the light whisper of her footstep soft; + 

And as he thus over his passion hung, + 

He heard a laugh full musical aloft; + 

When, looking up, he saw her features bright + 

Smile through an in-door lattice, all delight. + 