XX + 

Grant thou a pardon here, and then the tale + 

Shall move on soberly, as it is meet; + 

There is no other crime, no mad assail + 

To make old prose in modern rhyme more sweet: + 

But it is done⁠—succeed the verse or fail⁠— + 

To honour thee, and thy gone spirit greet; + 

To stead thee as a verse in English tongue, + 

An echo of thee in the north-wind sung. + 