Had carried him into the waking world. + 

There stood the concave, vast, unfriendly night, + 

And over him the scroll of stars unfurled. + 

Then wailing like a child he rose upright, + 

Heart-sick with desolation. The new blight + 

Of loss had nipt him sore, and sad self-pity + 

Thinking of her⁠—then thinking of the City. + 