She alone, deep-haired

As golden dawn, and whiter than a rose,

Divinely breasted as the Queen of Love,

Lies robeless in the glimmer of the moon,

Like Danaë within the golden shower.

Seated beside her aromatic rest,

In silence musing on her loveliness,

Her knight and troubadour. A lute, aslope

The curious baldric of his tunic, glints

Pearl-caught reflections of the moon, that seem