XXV + 

Our hero stops and doth alight, + 

Flies past the porter to the stair, + 

But, ere he mounts the marble flight, + 

With hurried hand smooths down his hair. + 

He enters: in the hall a crowd, + 

No more the music thunders loud, + 

Some a mazurka occupies, + 

Crushing and a confusing noise; + 

Spurs of the Cavalier Guard clash, + 

The feet of graceful ladies fly, + 

And following them ye might espy + 

Full many a glance like lightning flash, + 

And by the fiddle’s rushing sound + 

The voice of jealousy is drowned. + 