I did the dragon's will until you came br Because I had fancied love a casual br Improvisation, or a settled game br That followed if I let the kerchief fall: br Those deeds were best that gave the minute wings br And heavenly music if they gave it wit; br And then you stood among the dragon-rings. br I mocked, being crazy, but you mastered it br And broke the chain and set my ankles free, br Saint George or else a pagan Perseus; br And now we stare astonished at the sea, br And a miraculous strange bird shrieks at us.