Two systems of circles a moment were seen,

And the, stream smoothed them off, as they never had been.

Gwenwynwyn regained, and uplifted, his voice:

"Oh friar, grey friar, full rash was thy choice;

The stone, the good stone, which away thou hast thrown,

Was the stone of all stones, the philosopher's stone!"

The friar looked pale, when his error he knew;

The friar looked red, and the friar looked blue;

And heels over head, from the point of a rock,

He plunged, without stopping to pull off his frock.