Barbara Fell
Stephen, wake up! There’s some one at the gate.
Quick, to the window... Oh, you’ll be too late!
I hear the front door opening quietly.
Did you forget, last night, to turn the key?
A foot is on the stairs—nay, just outside
The very room—the door is opening wide...
Stephen, wake up, wake up! Who’s there? Who’s there?
I only feel a cold wind in my hair...
Have I been dreaming, Stephen? Husband, wake
And comfort me: I think my heart will break.
I never knew you sleep so sound and still....
O my heart’s love, why is your hand so chill?
