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THE PRINCESS;
My sickness down to happy dreams? are youThat brother-sister Psyche, both in one?You were that Psyche, but what are you now?'You are that Psyche,' Cyril said, 'for whom1 would be that for ever which I seem,A woman, if I might sit beside your feet,And glean your scatter'd sapience.'
Then once more,'Are you that Lady Psyche' I began,'That on her bridal morn before she pastFrom all her old companions, when the kingKiss'd her pale cheek, declared that ancient tiesWould still be dear beyond the southern hills;That were there any of our people thereIn want or peril, there was one to hearAnd help them: look! for such are these and I.''Are you that Psyche' Florian ask'd 'to whom,In gentler days, your arrow-wounded fawnCame flying while you sat beside the well?
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