And lifting up her face he said to her:

"Hast thou thy lute still? Then come sing to me;

That song again, that pleased me once so ill—

Two years ago at parting. If it please

No better now, straightway I will depart,

And—thou with me. Yea, on one steed, if needs,

We will ride forth together to the Queen,

To old Caerleon, and King Arthur's Court;

And Gwenhwyvar shall kiss thee and confess

Thou art her loveliest flower, my own wild rose,