And then his Highness' eunuchs, black and white;
The train might reach a quarter of a mile:
His Majesty was always so polite
As to announce his visits a long while
Before he came, especially at night;
For being the last wife of the Emperor,
She was of course the favourite of the four.
CXLVII.
His Highness was a man of solemn port,
Shawled to the nose, and bearded to the eyes,