On him each courtier’s eye was bent;

Midst furs, and silks, and jewels sheen,

He stood, in simple Lincoln green,

The center of the glittering ring,—

And Snowdoun’s Knight[360] is Scotland’s King.

XXVII.

As wreath of snow, on mountain breast,

Slides from the rock that gave it rest,

Poor Ellen glided from her stay,

And at the Monarch’s feet she lay;