Robert, the Jester, bursting through the crowd,

Into their presence rushed, and cried aloud,

"I am the King! Look and behold in me

Robert, your brother, King of Sicily!

This man who wears my semblance in your eyes,

Is an imposter in a king's disguise.

Do you not know me? Does no voice within

Answer my cry, and say we are akin?"

The Pope in silence, but with troubled mien,

Gazed at the Angel's countenance serene;