The Scarlet Letter & A Scarlet Stigma (Illustrated Edition). Nathaniel Hawthorne

undertone,

       The infinite longings of a troubled breast,

       The voice so like his own.

      "There in seclusion and remote from men

       The wizard hand lies cold,

       Which at its topmost speed let fall the pen,

       And left the tale half told.

      "Ah, who shall lift that wand of magic power,

       And the lost clue regain?

       The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower

       Unfinished must remain!"