That is to say, whether the resultant be
A mantling coleur rose, or—an explosion.
ALISOUN
What’s in the verses? Nay, man, read ’em out;
I am no clerk.
FRIAR
I am a master-reader.
“Sigh, Spring, sigh,
Repine
Amid the moon-kissed eglantine,
For so do I.”
[The Friar sighs.]
ALISOUN