When, saving some four days, the term was ended,

  Appointed for the youthful warrior's stay,

  She, full of hope, the messenger attended

  From hour to hour, that should arrive, and say,

  "Behold Rogero comes"; and oft ascended

  A turret, from whose top she might survey

  Gay champaign, wood, and, mid the wide expanse,

  A portion of the road, that led to France.