As oafs when wisdom stumbles. Quoth a maid,

With orient midnight in her starry eyes,

And tropic music on her languid tongue,

"And what if I should wed with thee, O beard

Grayer than my great-grandfather, what then?"—

"One kiss, no more; and, child, thou were divorced,"

He; and the humor took them till, like birds

That sing among the spice-trees and the palms,

The garden pealed with maiden merriment.

Then quoth the princess, "Thou wilt wed with him,