“‘At the lone midnight hour, when bad spirits have power,

In thy chamber will I be.’—

With that he was gone, and my Lady left alone,

And no more did I see.”

Then changed, I trow, was that bold Baron’s brow,

From the dark to the blood-red high,

“Now, tell me the mien of the Knight thou hast seen,

For, by Mary, he shall die!”—

“His arms shone full bright, in the beacon’s red light;