For I and Ciro will play God's part,

And Celia sweet shall comfort thee

While we brand these dogs of Rimini."

With hurried feet they clomb the stair

And quickly gained the outer air,

And ghostly saw through the morning haze

The winding funeral arrays

Of Ugo's knights and warrior-men.

Dumbly they watched, and heard often

Their hunting cry borne down the breeze.