Bells and Pomegranates.
Theirs down; 'twas time I should present
The victor with his . . . there, 'twill last
No long time . . the old mist again
Blinds me . . but the true mist was rain.
The victor with his . . . there, 'twill last
No long time . . the old mist again
Blinds me . . but the true mist was rain.
ix.
See! Gismond's at the gate, in talk
With his two boys: I can proceed.
Well, at that moment, who should stalk
Forth calmly (to my face, indeed)
But Gauthier, and he thundered "Stay!"
And all did stay. "No crowns, I say!"
See! Gismond's at the gate, in talk
With his two boys: I can proceed.
Well, at that moment, who should stalk
Forth calmly (to my face, indeed)
But Gauthier, and he thundered "Stay!"
And all did stay. "No crowns, I say!"
x.
"Bring torches! Wind the penance-sheet
"About her! Let her shun the chaste,
"Or lay herself before their feet!
"Shall she, whose body I embraced
"A night long, queen it in the day?
"For Honour's sake no crowns, I say!"
"Bring torches! Wind the penance-sheet
"About her! Let her shun the chaste,
"Or lay herself before their feet!
"Shall she, whose body I embraced
"A night long, queen it in the day?
"For Honour's sake no crowns, I say!"
xi.
I? What I answered? As I live,
I never though there was such thing
As answer possible to give.
What says the body when they spring
Some monstrous torture-engine's whole
Strength on it? No more says the soul.
I? What I answered? As I live,
I never though there was such thing
As answer possible to give.
What says the body when they spring
Some monstrous torture-engine's whole
Strength on it? No more says the soul.
xii.
Till out strode Gismond; then I knew
That I was saved. I never met
Till out strode Gismond; then I knew
That I was saved. I never met
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