I resign that fancy, said the minstrel, with another half-sigh.

'It grows again every night, according to legend,' said the minstrel.

"I wish I could honestly answer 'No,'" said the minstrel, colouring high.

"So it is," said the minstrel; "but to-morrow shall try all."

"It shall be my ambition to bring you some," said the minstrel gallantly.

"Now rise we from our seat, and let her pass," said the minstrel.

"By our troth, she loved me right well," said the minstrel.

'For surely,' says the minstrel, 'Hope is not born of earth, or it were perishable.

"Come to our show this evening, in the market square," said the minstrel, smiling.

"He told me to come with him," said the minstrel.

"This does not sound like a very attractive sort of work," said the minstrel.

"Nay," said the minstrel, "not so nigh; for as huge as it seemeth thence."

"I know not why ye hang back," said the minstrel.

"Ay, lad," said the minstrel, surprised, "and 'tis good sauce for the next meal"

'It's classical mythology, Cohen,' said the minstrel.

Were I a king," said the minstrel, "and wore a crown, I would choose thy sweet daughter for my queen.