XLIII

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XLIII

“You seem to know”⁠—“I do know,” answer’d Hum,

“Your Majesty’s in love with some fine girl

Named Bertha; but her surname will not come,

Without a little conjuring.” “ ’Tis Pearl,

’Tis Bertha Pearl! What makes my brain so whirl?

And she is softer, fairer than her name!”

“Where does she live?” ask’d Hum. “Her fair locks curl

So brightly, they put all our fays to shame!⁠—

Live?⁠—O! at Canterbury, with her old grand dame.”