Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.

The tyrant's troubled eye confessed

The secret fear that filled his breast.

With dread of coming woe dismayed

He called his counsellors to aid;

Then sternly silent, deep in thought,

His chamber in the palace sought.

Then, as the surest hope of all,

The monarch bade his servants call

Vidyujjihva, whom magic skill