Then, as at trumpet-summons to advance,

Outbroke the love that stood at arms so long,

Brooked no withstanding longer. They were wed.

Whereon from camp and court alike he fled,

Renounced the sun-king, dropped off into night,

Evermore lost, a ruined satellite:

And, oh, the exquisite deliciousness

That lapped him in obscurity! You guess

Such joy is fugitive: she died full soon.

He did his best to die—as sun, so moon