Chapter 20 No.20

She sat in Philip's vacant chair,

And pondered long her doubtful way;

And, in her impotent despair,

Lifted her longing eyes to pray,

When on a shelf, far up, and bare,

She saw an ancient volume lie;

And straight her rising thought was checked.

What were its dubious treasures? Why

Had it been banished from respect,

And fro