Pale 'mid their pads; above them, huge with chains,

The drawbridge hung before the barbéd grate;

And far above, along lone battlements,

His armor moon-drenched, one lone sentinel

Clanked drowsily; and it was late in June.

She, at her lattice, loosely night-robed, leaned,

Thinking of one she loved: a pensive smile

Haunting her face; a face as fair as night's,

Night's when divinely beautiful with stars,

Two stars, at least, that dreamed beneath her brows.