Warning: Spoilers

The Lady of The Lake-Sir Walter Scott
Canto IV.the Guard-room stanza XXVI. lines 716-740

Within 't was brilliant all and light,
A thronging scene of figures bright,
It glowed on Ellen's dazzled sight,
As when the setting sun has given
Ten thousand hues to summer even,
And from their tissue fancy frames
Aerial knights and fairy dames.
Still by Fitz-James her footing staid;
A few faint steps she forward made,
Then slow her drooping head she raised,
And fearful round the presence gazed;
For him she sought who owned this state,
The dreaded Prince whose will was fate!-
She gazed on many a princely port
Might well have ruled a royal court;
On many a splendid garb she gazed,-
Then turned bewildered and amazed,
For all stood bare; and in the room
Fitz-James alone wore cap and plume.
To him each lady's look was lent,
On him each courtier's eye was bent;
Midst furs and silks and jewels sheen,
He stood, in simple Lincoln green,
The centre of the glittering ring,-
And Snowdoun's Knight in Scotland's King!

Is that wonderful or what? Though I'm usually not a big fan of Walter Scott (I have deplorable taste) this is one of my favorite books. I have a thing for epic poems, and this one has it all: danger, intrigue, mysterious personages unveiled at unlikely moments, truly vile villains, loving fathers, beautiful maidens, gorgeous scenery, and plenty of Scots.