And said in tones abrupt, austere-

'Why, Bracy! dost thou loiter here?

I bade thee hence!' The bard obeyed;

And turning from his own sweet maid,

The aged knight, Sir Leoline,

Led forth the lady Geraldine!

THE CONCLUSION TO PART II

A little child, a limber elf,

Singing, dancing to itself,

A fairy thing with red round cheeks,