Sat one whose broad and ample brow,
Though white with time, was full of life
As lichen under snow.
And by his side, with smiling eye,
And swelling breast, in robes of green,
Rode one, round whom the nobles prest
As round a loving queen.
And after, hand on hip, two youths
Rode gayly onward, side by side,
Returning with admiring love