XXI + 

“At the same time, Eban,”⁠—(this was his page, + 

A fay of colour, slave from top to toe, + 

Sent as a present, while yet under age, + 

From the Viceroy of Zanguebar,⁠—wise, slow, + 

His speech, his only words were “yes” and “no,” + 

But swift of look, and foot, and wing was he,)⁠— + 

“At the same time, Eban, this instant go + 

To Hum the soothsayer, whose name I see + 

Among the fresh arrivals in our empery. + 