Old and wrinkled, flabby and repelling
Was the Disa, once so fair, become:
From the couch he leap’d in anger,
Drew his sword in wild alarm:
O confusion!
Curst delusion!
Vainly now he seeks each wonted charm.
“Is it thus thou hast deceiv’d thy lover?
Ugly witch!” disdainful thus he said:
“Grace of birth divine and youth perennial