Refashioned in still nights of starry dews:

But one, the while, unseen of me,

Watched my unconscious hand, approving:

And I was set, next morning,

Among the craftsmen, who so deftly limned

The hunts and battles for the palace walls.

And, happily, with them I lived

A life of loving labour, for each line

Flowed from the knowledge of my heart:

I drew the startled ostrich