Where many a Gothic ornament remained,

In chiselled stone and painted glass, and all

That Time has left our fathers of their Hall.

XVII.

Then, as the night was clear though cold, he threw

His chamber door wide open[779]—and went forth

Into a gallery of a sombre hue,

Long, furnished with old pictures of great worth,

Of knights and dames heroic and chaste too,

As doubtless should be people of high birth;