Before he lay in his last bed.)

The Lady Gruach wears the crown,

She wears the glistering golden gown,

But yet she has not worn the ring

That was the guerdon of the king.

In the dark the diamond lies,

Seen of no vassal’s eyes.

Nor any vassal’s tongue can tell

How,—when the spying Day is sped

And sleeps with the safe dead;