2570That Merlin's uncle changed Felice's hue,
And streaked their temples with a purple blue.
But leave her sighing with these sterile dames,
We'll crowd into the house of sacred vows
Where consciousness, begetting female shames,
Spread scarlet carpets on their cheeks and brows.
They looked, and blushed, and glanced on one another:
Each cursed the minute which did dub her mother.
The holy brethren, through the mouldy pipe,
At that same time did unexpected come,