Her blue-veined feet unsandaled were;

And wildly glittered here and there

The gems entangled in her hair.

I guess, 't was frightful there to see

A lady so richly clad as she-

Beautiful exceedingly!

'Mary mother, save me now!'

Said Christabel, 'and who art thou?'

The lady strange made answer meet,

And her voice was faint and sweet:-