To ask of him who stood beside

What hope for these might yet betide.

Clothed in his godhead strong he stood,

He bent his bow above the wood,

And swift the wingèd arrow left

The quivering string—what heart it cleft

My soul ne’er knew, for then the light

Of falling day dazed all my sight

With splendour, as the level sun

Blazed in his gold pavilion spun