Extracts from an Opera: Song

I     

The stranger lighted from his steed,

And ere he spake a word,

He seized my lady's lily hand,

And kissed it all unheard.

II     

The stranger walked into the hall,

And ere he spake a word,

And kissed my lady's cheery lips,

And kissed 'em all unheard.

III     

The stranger walked into the bower—

But my lady first did go:

Ay, hand in hand into the bower,

Where my lord's roses blow.

IV     

My lady's maid had a silken scarf,

And a golden ring had she,

And a kiss from the stranger, as off he went

Again on his fair palfrey.