The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

34 ROKEBY. [CANTO I.
And quaff the full carouse, that lent
His brow a fiercer hardiment.
Now Oswald stood a space aside,
Now paced the room with hasty stride,
In feverish agony to learn
Tidings of deep and dread concern,
Cursing each moment that his guest
Protracted o'er his ruffian feast,l
Yet, viewing with alarm, at last,
The end of that uncouth repast,
Almost he seem'd their haste to rue,
As, at his sign, his train withdrew,
And left him with the stranger, free
To question of his mystery.
Then did his silence long proclaim
A struggle between fear and shame.
Much in the stranger's mien appears,
To justify suspicious fears..
On his dark face a scorching clime,
And toil, had done the work of time,
Roughen'd the brow, the temples bared,
And sable hairs with silver shared.
Yet left-what age alone could tameThe lip of pride, the eye of flame;2
1 [MS.-" Protracted o'er his savage feast,
Yet with alarm he saw at last."]
2 [,, As Roderick rises above Marmion, so Bertram ascends
above Roderick Dhu in awfulness of stature and strength of