The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

196 THE LAY OF [CANTO VI.
And forms upon its breast the Earl'gan spy,
Cloudy and indistinct, as feverish dream;
Till, slow arranging, and defined, they seem
To form a lordly and a lofty room,
Part lighted by a lamp with silver beam,
Placed by a couch of Agra's silken loom,
And part by moonshine pale, and part was hid in
gloom.
XIX.
Fair all the pageant-but how passing fair
The slender form, which lay on couch of Ind!
O'er her white bosom stray'd her hazel hair,
Pale her dear cheek, as if for love she pined;
All in her night-robe loose she lay reclined,
And, pensive, read from tablet eburnine,
Some strain that seem'd her inmost soul to
find:That favour'd strain was Surrey's raptured
line,
That fair and lovely form, the Lady Geraldine.
XX.
Slow roll'd the clouds upon the lovely form,
And swept the goodly vision all awaySo royal envy roll'd the murky storm
O'er my beloved Master's glorious day.
Thou jealous, ruthless tyrant! Heaven repay
On thee, and on thy children's latest line,
The wild caprice of thy despotic sway,