And this the tale he told of her
And her fierce, silent follower:
A Spaniard and adventurer,
A man who saw her, loved, and fell
Upon his knees and worshipp'd her;
And with that fervor and mad zeal
That only sunborn bosoms feel,
Did vow to love, to follow her
Unto the altar ... or to hell:
That then her gray-hair'd father bore