"King Pharamond so trusted to the seer

  That he resolved to turn his arms elsewhere;

  And Merlin, who beheld with sight as clear

  The things to be, as things that whilom were,

  'Tis said, was brought by magic art to rear

  The painted chamber at the monarch's prayer;

  Wherein whatever deeds the Franks shall do,

  As if already done, are plain to view.