ATHEIST--
Now, after awhile, they perceived afar off, one coming softly and
alone, all along the highway, to meet them.
--BUNYAN (_The Pilgrim's Progress_).
XI. LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.
"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggard and so woe-begone?
The squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done."
--KEATS.
XII. SLEEP AND DEATH
Death will come when thou art dead,
Soon, too soon--
Sleep will come when thou art fled;
Of neither would I ask the boon
I ask of thee, beloved Night--
Swift be thine approaching flight,
Come soon, soon!
--SHELLEY.
XIII. & XIV. A DOCTOR OF PHYSIC
Well, well, well,--
... God, God forgive us all!
--_Macbeth_, Act V., Sc. i.
XV. ANNABEL LEE
I was a child, and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea;
And we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
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