Beside the lovely ladies to the wide-roofed palace-hall.
When the word of the King shall be given, ‘To horse!’ be ye ready all.”
Through the length and the breadth of the lealand stayed was the tournament;
Then the knights sought unto the ladies in many a stately tent
To while the hours in converse, and to make them merry of heart:
So fleeted fast the moments, till time was thence to depart.
Before the falling of even, when sank the light of the sun,
And came thereafter the coolness, no more would they linger on.
Then cityward knight and lady rode the summer ways,
And on many a form most winsome fell warrior’s loving gaze.