At court for jealousy of Mark, who knew

Her to that lance of Lyonesse how true

Since mutual quaffing of a philter; while

How guilty Guenevere on such could smile:

She of Northgales and she of Eastland: and

She of the Out Isles Queen. A fairer band

For sovereignty and love and loveliness

Was not in any realm to grace and bless.

Then quoth the knight, "Ay? see how fortune turns

And varies like an April day, that burns