In fact, before Cerinthy Ann had quite finished her confessions, they were more than a mile from the cottage, and Mary began to think of returning, saying that her mother would wonder where she was, when she came home.
Singing, shining, beautiful May Lureth me, draweth me, all the day. Once, when the season wooed me so, Lion Llewellyn, thou lovedst to go, Pacing before or close beside, Reticent, quaint, and dignified, Roaming with me, wandering wide; And if ever thy feet inclined, Weary with roving, to lag behind, When were my arms to aid thee slow? "Muver will cahwy her darlin'! So!"
Not to the pines, my warrior gray, Gray and stately and scarred as they,-- Not to the hill, or the valley glen, Shall we wander together again.
Nevermore, in the dead of night, Shall I waken in cold affright,-- Waken at sounds I know too well, Growl defiant, and horrid yell, Sounds that bristle the hair, and tell Strife is raging, and blood is shed, Blood and--fur, in the conflict dread. Nevermore, from my bed, shall I Unto the chamber-window fly,
There, by the wintry moon, to spy Thee on the well-sweep mounted high,-- Mounting still, from the crafty foe Creeping and crawling up below; And, when thou canst no farther go, See thee crouch for the fearful leap Off the top of the old well-sweep, Then, with a swift and dizzy sweep, Plunge in the crusty snow knee-deep. Nor, for a lameness gotten so, Shall I nurse thee again,--all, no!
Nevermore, from my willing hand Winning the all I can command, Shall be heard the pathetic tone, (Solvent sufficient for heart of stone,) Making thy simple wishes known; Nor shall the vibrating long-drawn "Mr--r" Of thy tranquil thunderous purr Breathe again, to my ear attent, Bliss o'erflowing and deep content.
As I fondly muse on thee, I recall the spreading tree Of thy goodly pedigree, Which, of shapely branch or bough, Hath no fairer growth than thou; And my glance caressing now Sweeps Alas, and Och Oh-Ow, Chryssa, Christopher, What-Not, Zabdas, Bunch, Longinus, Dot, Tom, Zenobia, Nonesuch, Turvy, Topsy, Inasmuch, Zillah, Zillah Number Two, Fremont, Dayton, Tittattoo, Hiawatha, And, and If, Minnehaha, But, and Tiff, Kitty Clover, Kitty Gray, Flossy, Frolic, Fayaway, Quip, and Quirk, and Dearest Mae, Nippenicket, Dido, Puck, Minnesinger, Friar Tuck, Periwinkle, Winkle Less, Quiz, Albeit, Bonnie, Bess, Midget, Budget, Mayaret, Jocko, Sancho, Hans, Coquette, Daisy Du Da, Ditto, Pet, Pancks, and Peepy, Tilly, Tarn, Tattycoram, Zoe, Clam, Little Dorrit, Uncle Sam, Tomtit, Pug, Penelope, Ike, Ulysses, Rosalie,