To see, on the level plains beyond
Gay knights and steeds caparisonādā;ā ā
āThe beautiful spring delights me well, When flowers and leaves are growing; And it pleases my heart to hear the swell Of the birdsā sweet chorus flowing In the echoing wood; And I love to see, all scattered around, Pavilions and tents on the martial ground; And my spirit finds it good, To see, on the level plains beyond Gay knights and steeds caparisonādā;ā ā
and ending with a challenge to Richard Coeur de Lion, telling his minstrel Papiol to go