human
Ho, woman, ho! --but yet she did not stir, Though from her lips a fitful plaining broke;
gpt
I'll ring my people up to deal with her; I'll rouse the house,
human
Who are you? For little in the gloom he might discern.
gpt
Speak out; speak now; or I will make you rue The hour!
human
God! cried the dreaming man, right impiously,
gpt
What have I done, that these my sleep affray?
human
God! said the Phantom,
gpt
I appeal to Thee, Appoint Thou me this man to be my prey.
human
God! sighed the kneeling woman, frail and old,
gpt
I pray Thee take me, for the world is cold.
human
Fiend, I adjure thee, speak thine errand here! And lo! it pointed in the failing light Toward the woman, answering, cold and clear,
gpt
Thou art ordained an answer to thy prayer; But first to tell _her_ tale that kneeleth there.
human
I sent her; and to-morrow, as I live, I will commit her for this trespass here.
gpt
Thou wilt not! quoth the Shadow,
human
If this must be, then speak to her, I pray, And bid her move, for all the room is dim By reason of the place she holds to-night: She kneels between me and the warmth and light.
gpt
With adjurations deep and drawings strong, And with the power, it said,