Was bound with blindness most intense,
With sharp-eyed soul he saw,
Ev’n at his side, in light arrayed,
Serene with placid power displayed,
The chaste Athenian Jove-born maid,
And worshipped her with awe;
And in her hand—a well-known sight—
The wingèd steed she led,
That bent the knee before the knight,
And bowed its lofty head.