midnight
It is a glorious destiny to be the ' bride of the wild hunter -- the fiend who rules the forest , and who , in his broad domain , is more powerful than the king . The old forester , Robin Hood , had his maid Marian ; and what was he compared to me ? He had neither my skill nor my power . Be mine , and you shall accompany me on my midnight rides ; shall watch the fleet stag dart over the moonlight glade , or down the lengthened vista . You shall feel all the unutterable excitement of the chase . You shall thread with me the tangled grove , swim the river and the lake , and enjoy a thousand pleasures hitherto unknown to you . Be mine , and I will make you mistress of all my secrets , and compel the band whom I will gather round me to pay you homage .