“I was a dull, cowed thing from the beginning. + 

Dymer the drudge, the blackleg who obeyed. + 

Desire shall teach me now. If this be sinning, + 

Good luck to it! O splendour long delayed, + 

Beautiful world of mine, O world arrayed + 

For bridal, flower and forest, wave and field, + 

I come to be your lover. Loveliest, yield! + 