Till one face lit with a wandering smile:

Come now, my lords," Bianca said,

Why sit ye heavy-eyed and sad?

Men say ye each have loved a maid;

Surely, I think, I should be glad

To draw so near for an hour or two

The maid I loved, though well I knew

The early mom should find me dead."

Then he who loved her, laughed and said,

Yea, lady mine, I will be bold