The jester walked in the garden：

    The garden had fallen still；

    He bade his soul rise upward

    And stand on her window-sill.

    It rose in a straight blue garment，

    When owls¹ began to call：

    It had grown wise-tongued by thinking

    Of a quiet and light footfall；

    But the young queen would not listen；

    She rose in her pale night- gown；

    She drew in the heavy casement²

    And pushed the latches³ down.

    He bade his heart go to her，

    When the owls called out no more；

    In a red and quivering garment

    It sang to her through the door.

    It had grown sweet-tongued by dreaming

    Of a flutter of flower-like hair；

    But she took up her fan from the table

    And waved it off on the air.

    ‘I have cap and bells，’ he pondered，

    ‘I will send them to her and die’；

    And when the morning whitened

    He left them where she went by.

    She laid them upon her bosom⁴，

    Under a cloud of her hair，

    And her red lips sang them a love-song

    Till stars grew out of the air.

    She opened her door and her window，

    And the heart and the soul came through，

    To her right hand came the red one，

    To her left hand came the blue.

    They set up a noise like crickets，

    A chattering⁵ wise and sweet，

    And her hair was a folded flower

    And the quiet of love in her feet.

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