John Keats

Song (“The stranger lighted from his steed”)

Extracts from an Opera. V.
 
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.