And love's swift rapture filled her eyes with tears.

For her true heart, the day-long pageant moved

Round Geoffrey's shining presence; king and knight

But shone for her with pale, reflected light.

As trancèd planets circling round the sun,

About the radiant head of her beloved

The dim throngs moved until the day was done.

When lucent gold suffused the cloudless west,

And lingering thrush-notes failed in drowsy song,

She left, at last, the weary maiden-throng,