"Plant knelt on one knee, and held his dish under the fern.
"Chirrup held his broad plate next below, and
"Bangle knelt, and rested the skull directly under both on the green sod; the lid being up.
"Plant said,—
'Good St John, this seed we crave,
We have dared; shall we have?'
"A voice responded:—
'Now the moon is downward starting,
Moon and stars are all departing;
Quick, quick; shake, shake;
He whose heart shall soonest break,