"I said, 'My steed neighs in the court,

My bark rocks on the brine,

And the warrior's vow I am under now

To free the pilgrim's shrine:

But fetch the ring and fetch the priest

And call that daughter of thine,

And rule she wide from my castle on Nyde

While I am in Palestine.'

"In the dark chambere, if the bride was fair,

Ye wis, I could not see,