...conversation between Sebald and Ottima, in Pippa Passes : — " Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt thro' the pine-tree roof, — here burnt and there, As if God's messenger thro' the close wood...

...over head, And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt thro' the pine-tree roof — here burnt and there, As If God's messenger thro' the close-...— then broke The thunder like a whole sea overhead — " • * * * " Bind it thrice about my brow, Crown me your queen— your spirit's arbitress Magnificent...

...life. So lay we till the storm came. Seb. How it came ! Otti. Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt thro' the pine-tree roof — here burnt and there, As if God's messenger thro' the close wood...

...conversation between Sebald and Ottima, in Pippa Passes : — " Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon' some bright white shaft Burnt thro'' the pine-tree roof, — here burnt and there, As if God's messenger thro' the close wood...

...lover, is picturing the occasion of their first fond amour : Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burned through the pine- tree roof, here burned and there, As if God's messenger through the close wood screen...

...where two guilty lovers are conversing ; and Ottima says : " Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burut through the pine-tree roof, here burnt and there, As if God's messenger through the close wood...

...life. So lay we till the storm came. Seb. How it came ! Otti. Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt thro' the pine-tree roof, here burnt and there. As if God's messenger through the close wood-screen...

...life. So lay we till the storm came. Seb. How it came ! Otti. Buried in woods we lay, you recollect; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead; And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt thro' the pine-tree roof—here burnt and there, As if God's messenger thro ? the close wood...

...becomes to the guilty lovers the avenging arm of the Lord. Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead, And ever and anon some bright white shaft Burnt through the pine-tree roof — here burnt and there, As if God's messenger through the close...

...can rise no higher than in Ottima's words to her lover : — Buried in woods we lay, you recollect ; Swift ran the searching tempest overhead ; And ever...As if God's messenger thro' the close wood screen I Plunged and replunged his weapon at a venture, Feeling for guilty thee and me ; then broke The thunder...