The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott ... Notes & life of the author.

CANTO V MARMION,
Composed her veil, and raised her head
And-' "Bid," in solemn voice she said,
"Thy master, bold and bad,
The records of his house turn o'er,
And, when he shall there written sse,
That one of his own ancestry
Drove the Monks forth of Coventry,
Bid him his fate explore!
Prancing in pride of earthly trust,
His charger hurled himn to the dust,
And,by a base plebeian thrust,
He died his band before.
God judge'twixt Marmion and me;
He is a chief of high degree,
And I a poor recluse;
Yet oft, in holy writ, we see
Even such weak minister as me
WMay the oppressor bruise:!For thus, inspired, did Judith slay
The mighty in his sin,
And Jael thus, and Deborah,"Here hasty Blount broke in:. Fitz-Eustace, we must march our band;
St. Anton fire thee! wilt thou stand.All day, with bonnet in thy hand,
To hear the Lady preach?
By this good light! if thus we stay,
Lord Marmion, for our fond delay,
Will sharper sermon teach.
Come, don thy cap, and mount thy horse
The Dame must patience take perforce."
"Submit we then to force, said Clare;
"But let this barbarous lord despair
His purposed aim to win;
Let him take living, lhnd, and life;'But to be Marmion's wedded wife
In me were deadly sin:
And itf it be the king's decree,
That I must find no sanctuary,
Where even an horniiide might come,
And safely rest his head,