On strictest search his steps he bent.

He passed within the door, and found

Fair women sleeping on the ground,

Where wearied with the song, perchance,

The merry game, the wanton dance,

Each girl with wine and sleep oppressed

Had sunk her drooping head to rest.

That spacious hall from side to side

With noblest fare was well supplied,

There quarters of the boar, and here