Before the cheering gale.

And on my first Sir Florice stood,

As the far shore faded now,

And looked upon the lengthening flood

With a pale and pensive brow.

‘When I shall bear thy silken glove

Where the proudest Moslems flee,

My ladye-love, my ladye-love,

Oh, waste one thought on me!’

“Sir Florice lay in a dungeon-cell,