[Immense, spontaneous, uncontrollable applause
sweeps like a whirlwind through the court.
An Unknown Minstrel (breaking in unheralded).
Tender the phrase, and faint the melody,
When poets praise a maiden’s purity;
Platitude linked to imbecility.
[Murmurs of surprise.
As ’mongst spring’s sprigs sprouts sunshine’s constant face;
Or as a mill grinds on, with steady pace;
So sprouts, so grinds, the unblushing commonplace.