The stirring hangings rolled a Pagan war.

And there the mail of Urience shone. A star,

Glimmering above, a dying cresset dropped

From the stone vault and flared. And here she stopped

And took the sword bright, burnished by his page,

And ruddy as a flame with restless rage.

Grasping this death unto the chamber where

Slept innocent her spouse she moved—an air

Twined in soft, glossy sendal; or a fit

Of faery song a wicked charm in it,