We are still in death’s stern and inflexible power.
So let them have cards, and I’ll go and prepare
For receiving our friends, the best possible fare.”
[p16]
The Monarch then went with the Eyed Hawk,[28] his scout,
To search for a spot fit for giving his rout;
A green ring he found, the work of a fairy,
And thinking it looked both commodious and airy,
He called to him Brimstone[29] to measure the ground,
For another Geometra[30] could not be found;