Many an incomparable lovely pair
With hand-in-hand were interlinkèd seen,
Making fair honour to their sovereign Queen:
Forward they paced, and did their pace apply
To a most sweet and solemn melody.
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So subtle and curious was the measure
With such unlooked-for change in every strain,
As that Penelope rapt with sweet pleasure
Weened she beheld the true proportion plain