XXV + 

Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, + 

And threw warm gules on Madeline’s fair breast, + 

As down she knelt for heaven’s grace and boon; + 

Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, + 

And on her silver cross soft amethyst, + 

And on her hair a glory, like a saint: + 

She seem’d a splendid angel, newly drest, + 

Save wings, for heaven:⁠—Porphyro grew faint; + 

She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint. + 