. The princess, a medley. : And he, he reverenced his liege-lady there; He always made a point to post with mares ; His daughter and his housemaid were the boys: The land, he understood, for miles about Was tilld by women ; all the swine were sows, 190 And all the dogs — But while he jested thus,A thought flashd thro me which I clothed in act,Remembering how we three presented Maid,Or Nymph, or Goddess, at high tide of feast,In masque or pageant at my fathers sent mine host to purchase female gear;He brought it, and himself, a sight to shakeThe midriff of despair with laughter, holpTo
. The princess, a medley. : And he, he reverenced his liege-lady there; He always made a point to post with mares ; His daughter and his housemaid were the boys: The land, he understood, for miles about Was tilld by women ; all the swine were sows, 190 And all the dogs — But while he jested thus,A thought flashd thro me which I clothed in act,Remembering how we three presented Maid,Or Nymph, or Goddess, at high tide of feast,In masque or pageant at my fathers sent mine host to purchase female gear;He brought it, and himself, a sight to shakeThe midriff of despair with laughter, holpTo lace us up, till each in maiden plumesWe rustled : him we gave a costly bribe 200 To guerdon silence, mounted Our good steeds,And boldly ventured on the liberties. We followd up the river as we rode,And rode till midnight, when the college lightsBegan to glitter firefly-like in copseAnd linden alley : then we past an arch,Whereon a woman-statue rose with wingsFrom four wingd horses dark against the stars ; A MEDLEY. 33. And some inscription ran along the front, But deep in shadow : further on we gaind A little street half garden and half house, But scarce could hear each other speak for noise Of clocks and chimes, like silver hammers falling On silver anvils, and the splash and stir Of fountains spouted up and showering down In meshes of the jasmine and the rose ; And all about us peald the nightingale, Rapt in her song, and careless of the snare. There stood a bust of Pallas for a sign,By two sphere lamps blazond like Heaven and Earth3 34 THE PRINCESS: With constellation and with continent, Above an entry: riding in, we calld ; A plump-armd ostleress and a stable wench Came running at the call, and helpd us down. Then stept a buxom hostess forth, and saild, Full-blown, before us into rooms which gave Upon a pillard porch, the bases lost In laurel: her we askd of that and this, And who were tutors. Lady Blanche, she said, ? And Lady Psyche. Which was prettiest, Best-natured
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