Psyche, and other poems — page 241: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a page of running poetry text, numbered 228 at the top. The four visible lines form a complete stanza in verse, employing an ABAB rhyme scheme. The passage describes enduring hardship—a "long, cold, wintry night" and "degraded doom"—while awaiting divine salvation through "Heaven's reviving light" and an "Eternal Spring" that will dispel gloom. The tone is melancholic yet redemptive, characteristic of Victorian sentimentality. The page appears largely blank below the stanza, suggesting this may be near a chapter or section break in the serialized fiction.