And the Knight found the banquet-hall empty and clear,
With nobody near
To partake of his cheer,
He stamped, and he stormed--then his language!--Oh dear!
'Twas awful to see, and 'twas awful to hear!
And he cried to the button-decked Page at his knee,
Who had told him so civilly "On a servi,"
"Ten thousand fiends seize them, wherever they be!
--The Devil take them! and the Devil take thee!
And the DEVIL MAY EAT UP THE DINNER FOR ME!"