Downcast and sad, though still content to wait

Her knight—the flower of knighthood—who some day

Would surely come and bear her far away.

Baldwin bethought him of the maiden fair,

Whose fame had gone abroad, and everywhere

Looked, till his eyes fell upon one who seemed

Fairer than mind had pictured, brain had dreamed.

She sat upon a golden seat, alone,

In priceless robes; upon her head a crown,

Well worth a county: there, row over row,