XIX + 

Which was, to lead him, in close secrecy, + 

Even to Madeline’s chamber, and there hide + 

Him in a closet, of such privacy + 

That he might see her beauty unespied, + 

And win perhaps that night a peerless bride, + 

While legion’d fairies paced the coverlet, + 

And pale enchantment held her sleepy-eyed. + 

Never on such a night have lovers met, + 

Since Merlin paid his Demon all the monstrous debt. + 