Nor will there be in time to come
Its equal evermore.”
X.
“Chief of the royal kitchens, say,
The marriage, is it done?”
“Finished, and paid for; and the guests
Departed every one.
“For fifteen days the feast was kept
With gaiety and glee,
Then, laden with rich gifts, the guests
To go their ways were free,
“All with protection from the king;
And thus, with joyful heart,
To Léon with his royal bride
Did the king’s son depart.
“All are gone hence, well satisfied;
Not so the king alone:
Merlin the Bard is lost again,
And whither is he gone?”