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And, day by day, he did invent
—As though nought golden were enough,
In manner of an ornament—
Some high chivalrous deed, above
All price, whereof the element
Was the most stainless ore of Love;
A boundless store of it he spent
With lavishment.
And when therewith that house became
All in a strange sort glorified;
For through whole beauty, as of flame,
Those things, resplendent far and wide,
Did draw unto them great acclaim;
Lo, many a man there was who tried
With base alloys to do the same,
And gat men's shame.
But all about that house he set
A wondrous flowering thing—his speech,
That without ceasing did beget
Such fair unearthly blossoms, each
