And, whereas law and gospel held their peace,

What wonder if the sticks and stones cried out?

All five soon somehow found themselves at Rome,

At the villa door: there was the warmth and light—

The sense of life so just an inch inside—

Some angel must have whispered "One more chance!"

He gave it: bade the others stand aside:

Knocked at the door,—"Who is it knocks?" cried one.

"I will make," surely Guido's angel urged,

"One final essay, last experiment,