Banqueting house. — Marg., house of wine; not the cellar of the palace, nor the banqueting hall of Solomon, nor the vineyard, but simply the place of the delights of love. The comparison of love with wine Is still in the thought. (Comp. Tennyson’s “The new strong wine of love.”)
And his banner... — i.e., “and there I felt the sweet sense of a tender protecting love.”