To see the—the—the Devil domiciled?"

Whereto sobbed Xanthus, "Father, 't is yourself

Installed, a limning which our utmost pelf

Went to procure against to-morrow's loss;

He takes up the thread of discourse.

And that's no twy-prong, but a pastoral cross,

You're painted with!"

His puckered brows unfold—

And you shall hear Sordello's story told.