There thought upon their own gray tower,

Their waving woods, their feudal power,

And deem’d themselves a shameful part

Of pageant which they cursed in heart.

XXII.

Now, in the Castle-park, drew out

Their checker’d[305] bands the joyous rout.

There morrisers, with bell at heel,

And blade in hand, their mazes wheel;

But chief, beside the butts, there stand