"'Why art thou absent still so long?

It cannot be that thou art dead?'"

Then ceased the King and silent stood,

While Tarfe to his Celia said:

"Celestial Celia be thy name;

Celestial calm is on thy brow;

Yet all the radiance of thy face

Thy cruelty eclipses now.

"A witch like Circe dost thou seem;

For Circe could o'ercloud the sky;