XXIX

They told their sister how, with sudden speed,

      Lorenzo had ta'en ship for foreign lands,

Because of some great urgency and need

      In their affairs, requiring trusty hands.

Poor Girl! put on thy stifling widow's weed,

      And 'scape at once from Hope's accursed bands;

To-day thou wilt not see him, nor to-morrow,

And the next day will be a day of sorrow.