“And the spoil
Is my bride,
Bought for mine own with the sword at my side——”
“With the sword at his side!!”
“And the spoil is my bride,
Bought for mine own with the sword at my side.
Like a feather I bear her right into the hall,
To the grotto——”
“Gracious patience! what does he want in a grotto?”
“As swift as the wind