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And swore to Adeline, before the spring Had covered twice that plant with its white flowers He would return. With the next morning's sun Lord Arnold led his vassals to the war, And Adeline was left to solitude— The worst of solitude, of home and heart. If I must part from those whom I have loved, Let me, too, part from where they were beloved! It wrings the heart to see each thing the same; Tread over the same steps; and then to find The difference in the heart. It is so sad— So very lonely—to be the sole one In whom there is a sign of change! - - -   There are two words to tell the warrior's course, Valour and Victory. But fortune changed, And Arnold was a prisoner at last.