That I could half believe in Djabal's story,

He used to tempt my father with, at Rennes—

And me, too, since the story brought me here—

Of some Count Dreux and ancestor of ours

Who, sick of wandering from Bouillon's war,

Left his old name in Lebanon.

Long days

At least to spend in the Isle! and, my news known

An hour hence, what if Anael turn on me

The great black eyes I must forget?