Song: the Stranger Lighted from his Steed by John Keats

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The stranger lighted from his steed, / And ere he spake a word, / He seiz'd my lady's lily hand, / And kiss'd it all unheard.

The stranger walk'd into the hall, / And ere he spake a word, / He kiss'd my lady's cherry lips, / And kiss'd 'em all unheard.

The stranger walk'd into the bower, --

But my lady first did go-, --

Ay hand in hand into the bower, / Where my Lord's roses blow.

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 palfrey.

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