At length they reached an iron-studded door,

Which she unlocked with one harsh key she bore

'Mid many keys bunched at her girdle; thence

They issued on a terraced eminence.

Below, the sea broke sounding; and the King

Breathed open air again that had the sting

And scent of brine, the far, blue-billowed foam:

And in the east the second dawning's gloam,

Since that unlucky chase, was freaked with streaks

Red as the ripe stripes of an apple's cheeks.