And found him in his golden chamber laid;

And with him sweet Euphrosynè, attent

Upon his murmur’d wants, aye as he bade

Shifted the pillows with each fretful whim;

But scornfully his mother look’d at him,

And reckless of his pain gan thus upbraid:

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‘O worthy deeds, I say, and true to blood,

The crown and pledge of promise! thou that wast

In estimation my perpetual bud,