And nodded that the bull-bait might begin.


BOOK THE THIRD

And the font took them: let our laurels lie!

Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly

Because once more Goito gets, once more,

Sordello to itself! A dream is o'er,

And the suspended life begins anew;

Quiet those throbbing temples, then, subdue

Nature may triumph therefore;