In careless mood he sought the Muse's bower; His lyre, like that to great Pelides strong, The soft'ning solace of a vacant boor, Its airy descant indolently rung.

The holy abbot of Aberbrothok Had floated that bell on the Inchcape Rock; On the waves of the storm it floated and swung, And louder and louder its warning rung.

I. 582: "The mule all deck'd in goodly rich array, With bells and bosses that full loudly rung.

580 At last they chaunst to meete upon the way The Mule, all deckt in goodly rich aray, With bells and bosses that full lowdly rung, And costly trappings that to ground downe hung.

And the harpers they were nine; "And their harp-strings rung so merrily To their dancing feet so small;

One afternoon the bells were peremptorily rung and Des Esseintes commanded his trunks to be packed for a long voyage.

"'Then rung through the tumult a trumpet so shrill, That it frightened the ladies all down Ludgate Hill, And the owlets in Ivy Lane; Then came in their chariots, each face in full blow, The sheriffs and aldermen, solemn and slow, All bombazine, bag-wig and chain.

" While Peter was taking his departure, and before he had reached the front gate, one of the many bells which flanked the Premier's table was wildly rung.