And bright forms glanced—a fairy show—

Under the blossoms to and fro.

But one, a lone one, midst the throng,

Seem’d reckless all of dance or song:

He was a youth of dusky mien,

Whereon the Indian sun had been,

Of crested brow and long black hair—

A stranger, like the palm-tree, there.

And slowly, sadly, moved his plumes,

Glittering athwart the leafy glooms.