VII.
[Les sept filles d'Orlamonde]
THE seven daughters of Orlamonde, When the Fairy was no more, The seven daughters of Orlamonde Went seeking for the door.…
They lit their seven lamps and sought; Up the tower went they; They opened thrice two hundred doors, But nowhere found the day.…
They came unto the sounding vaults That lead down to the sea; And there above a bolted door They found a golden key.
They saw the ocean through the chinks, They feared they should have died; And beat against the bolted door But dared not fling it wide.…