Unto this place, when as the Elfin knight
Approach’d, him seemed that the merry sound
Of a shrill pipe he playing heard on hight,
And many feet fast thumping th’ hollow ground,
That through the woods their echo did rebound.
He nigher drew to weet what it mote be:
There he a troop of ladies dancing found
Full merrily, and making gladful glee,
And in the midst a shepherd piping he did see.
All they without were ranged in a ring,