Has griddled—he fiddle as I,—

He might not fiddle so wild a riddle

As this mad melody,

While the Pleiads all would leave off in the middle

Hearing my griddle-cry. [*]

* Israfel.

And the angel Israfel, whose heart-strings are a lute, and who has the sweetest voice of all God’s creatures.”—Koran.

I.

In Heaven a spirit doth dwell,

“Whose heart-strings are a lute;”