And fearful round the presence[359] gazed;

For him she sought, who own’d this state,

The dreaded Prince, whose will was fate!—

She gazed on many a princely port,

Might well have ruled a royal court;

On many a splendid garb she gazed,

Then turn’d bewilder’d and amazed,

For all stood bare; and, in the room,

Fitz-James alone wore cap and plume.

To him each lady’s look was lent;