And within was it richly furnished, and decked to delight the eye, 205 And the pillars were richly carven, and the windows were arched on high, And many a fair couch costly had they set there against the wall, Nor touched they the one to the other, and rich covers lay over all. And but now had the maidens sat there, but each one had taken thought, And no one of them all remained there, and of welcome Gawain found naught. 210 Yet their joy came again with his coming, and the day of their bliss was he, And 'twere well they had looked upon him, none fairer their eyes might see. Yet none there might dare behold him, tho' to serve them he aye was fain, And yet in this thing were they guiltless--Thro' the palace strode knight Gawain, And he looked on this side and the other, and he sought well the chamber o'er, 215 If to left or to right I know not, but he saw there an open door, And wherever that door might lead him the hero was fain to go, If high fame he might gain for his seeking, or die there a death of woe! So stepped he within the chamber, and behold! the shining floor, As glass it lay smooth beneath him, and the Lit-Merveil he saw, 220 The wonder-couch; and beneath it four rollers as crystal clear, And fashioned of fire-red rubies: as the swift wind afar and near Did it speed o'er the shining pavement, no floor might fairer be, Chrysolite, sardius, jasper, inwrought there the eye might see. For so had Klingsor willed it, and the thought it was his alone, 225 From far-off lands his magic had brought to the Burg each stone.