A presence like a chevalier,

Half angel and half Lucifer;

Fair fingers, jewell'd manifold

With great gems set in hoops of gold;

Sombrero black, with plume of snow

That swept his long silk locks below;

A red serape with bars of gold,

Heedless falling, fold on fold;

A sash of silk, where flashing swung

A sword as swift as serpent's tongue,