XLII
Then spake the nobles, ‘Much marvel have we,
This jolly blind beggar we cannot here see.’
‘My lords,’ quoth the bride, ‘my father’s so base,
He is loth with his presence these states to disgrace.’—
Then spake the nobles, ‘Much marvel have we,
This jolly blind beggar we cannot here see.’
‘My lords,’ quoth the bride, ‘my father’s so base,
He is loth with his presence these states to disgrace.’—