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 * Then BEAUTY bade to blow retreat, And every soldier to retire: And MERCY mild with speed to fet Me, captive bound as prisoner.

"Madam," quoth I, "since that this day Hath servèd you at all essays; I yield to you without delay, Here of the fortress, all the keys."

"And since that I have been the mark, At whom you shot at with your eye; Needs must you with your handiwork, Or salve the sore or let me die."

[Three imitations of this famous poem will be found at pp. 128, 460, 651].