XXI + 

So saying she hobbled off with busy fear. + 

The lover’s endless minutes slowly pass’d; + 

The Dame return’d, and whisper’d in his ear + 

To follow her; with aged eyes aghast + 

From fright of dim espial. Safe at last, + 

Through many a dusky gallery, they gain + 

The maiden’s chamber, silken, hush’d and chaste; + 

Where Porphyro took covert, pleased amain. + 

His poor guide hurried back with agues in her brain. + 