His displeasure to evince.
“This,” said he, “must not be so!”
“That,” he quoth, “should not be thus!”
Till the maidens’ tears did flow,
As they murmured “Woe to us!
Ah, miserie!”
These same maidens, though, were wise,
And soon ceased to weep or wince;
Nor would they their plans revise,
E’en to please a potent Prince,