A lady with the tail of her dress
on her arm . her hair is
slicked back showing the round
head, like her cousins, the King,
the royal consort's, young as she .
in a velevet bonnet, puce,
slanted above the eyes, his legs
are in striped hose, green and brown.
The lady's brow is serene
to the sound of a huntsman's horn
--the bird's and floweres, the castle showing through the leaves of
the trees, a pheasant drinks at the fountain, his shadow drinks there
also
. cyclamen, columbine, if the art
with which these flowers have been
put down is to be trusted-and
again oak leaves and twigs
that brush the deer's antler's . .
the brutish eyes of the deer
not to be confused
with the eyes of the Queen
are glazed with death .
. a rabbit's rump escaping
through the thicket .