The mortal soul from out immortal hell, How roughly men may woo thee so they winThus-thus: the soul flies out and dies in the air.' With that he drove the knife into his side: She heard him raging, heard him fall; ran in, Beat breast, tore hair, cried out upon herself As having fail'd in duty to him, shriek'd That she but meant to win him back, fell on him, Clasp'd, kiss'd him, wail'd: he answer'd, Care not thou! Thy duty? What is duty? Fare thee well!' ΙΟΙ THE PRINCESS A MEDLEY PROLOGUE SIR Walter Vivian all a summer's day And me that morning Walter show'd the house, Greek, set with busts: from vases in the hall Flowers of all heavens, and lovelier than their names, Grew side by side; and on the pavement lay Carved stones of the Abbey-ruin in the park, Huge Ammonites, and the first bones of Time; And on the tables every clime and age |