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"To love as we have loved?——I'll send thy child "To visit thee till morn, and it will smile, "Like her thou lov'st, and twine its little hands "Amid thy raven ringlets.——Julian, "Thou'lt think upon me through the long, long night; "But do not come, the garden-gate is closed, "And prying eyes are waking." This wide purse Is filled with double ducats; take them, friend, And whatsoe'er thou see'st or hear'st, remain Silent as death. This billet in my hands Shall prove a talisman.——The sun is set—— Julian! Geraldi! not another day Shall your bright triumphs mock my agonies. Away! away! I languish for the hour That brings me keen revenge. [Exeunt.