And the first was clad in silk array:

The second was dight in iron and steel,

But the third was rags from head to heel.

"Lo, now is the year and the day come round

When we must tell what we have found."

The first said: "I have found a king

Who grudgeth no gift of anything."

The second said: "I have found a knight

Who hath never turned his back in fight."

But the third said: "I have found a love