And the gay court, and fell asleep again;

And dreamt herself was such a faded form

Among her burnish’d sisters of the pool; 655

But this was in the garden of a king;

And though she lay dark in the pool, she knew

That all was bright; that all about were birds

Of sunny plume in gilded trellis-work;

That all the turf was rich in plots that look’d 660

Each like a garnet or a turkis in it;

And lords and ladies of the high court went