I KNOW a story of anguish, A tale of the times of old; A knight with love doth languish, His mistress is faithless and cold. As faithless must he esteem now Her whom in his heart he adored; His loving pangs must he deem now Disgraceful and abhorr'd. In vain in the lists would he wander, And challenge to battle each knight; "Let him who my mistress dares slander "Make ready at once for the fight!" But all are silent, save only His grief, that so fiercely doth burn; His lance he against his own lonely Accusing bosom must turn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARRIAGE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ODE TO BEAUTY by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ECHOES: 9 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY |