And they grew red, and they grew warm,

And, panting, rested arm in arm;

Juchhe, juchhe!

Juchheisa, heisa, he!

And hips on elbows too.

And “Softly, softly,” quoth the quean,

“How many a bride hath cheated been

By men as fair as you!”

But he spoke a word in her ear aside,

And from the tree it shouted wide