The king’s avenging sword pursued and sealed his fate.
The signet-ring of power once more on royal hand,
The demons and the fairies flocked to his command.
Mankind came crowding to his court, by levee swelled;
Among them came the youth who’d that opinion held.125
He saw the signet-ring. This sufficed. Doubt was past.
No room was left for surmise. All was clear at last.
Opinion may be formed of what’s behind a veil.
Conjecture lends its aid where knowledge ’gins to fail.
Conjecture’s potent when the subject’s hid from view.