And it befell him thus, the following dawn,

As he was wandering on a dew-drenched lawn,

Glad with the freshness and elastic health

Of sky and earth, that lavished all their wealth

Of heady winds and racy scents,—a knight

And gentle lady met him, gay bedight,

With following of six esquires; and they

Held on gloved wrists the hooded falcon gray,

And rode a-hawking o'er the leas of Gore

From Ontzlake's manor, where he languished; sore