Till the east is grey with the sacred dawn,

And the red cock wakens the milking maid.

THE HARPER'S SONG

This sweetness trembling from the strings

The music of my troublous lute

Hath timed Herodias' daughter's foot;

Setting a-clink her ankle-rings

Whenas she danced to feasted kings.

Where gemmed apparel burned and caught

The sunset 'neath the golden dome,