THE KNIGHT'S LEAP

" She found me roots of relish sweet.
And honey wild and manna dew.
And sure in language strange she said,
c I love thee true ! '

" She took me to her elfin grot,

And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore ;
And there I shut her wild, wild eyes
With kisses four.

*' And there she lulled me asleep,

And there I dreamJd—Ah ! woe betide ! 10
The latest dream I ever dream5d
On the cold hill's side.

" I saw pale kings and princes too,

Pale warriors, death-pale were they all ;
Who cried—c La belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall !'

" I saw their starved lips in the gloam

With horrid warning gaped wide,
And I awoke and found me here

On the cold hill's side. 20

" And this is why I sojourn here

Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is wither'd from the lake,
And no birds sing."

JOHN KEATS

THE KNIGHT'S LEAP
"So the foemen have fired the gate, men of mine ;
And the water is spent and gone ?
Then bring me a cup of the red Ahr-wine :
I never shall drink but this one.
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