Then spake the eremite: “Beyond yon door

There stands a chapel, ancient and weatherworn,

And there did worship in the days of yore

The sons of kings. The night ere you came hither

I was awakened by the sound of feet.

And I looked forth, and saw a body borne

By veilèd figures straight, as they knew whither,

In at the chapel gateway. I went down

And found that they had digged a grave, most meet

For one of saintly life, or king by birth: