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

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IThe'orthern Bear lowers black and grim;
Orion's studded belt is dim;
Twinkling faint, and distant far,
Shimmers through mist each planet star;
fl1 may I read their high decree:
]But no kind influence deign they shower
On Teviot's tide, and Branksome's tower.
Till pride be 4uelled, and love be free."
XVIIL
The unearthly voices ceased,
And the heavy sound was still;
It died on the river's breast,
It died on the side of the hill.But round Lord David's tower
The sound still floated near;
For it rung in the Ladye's bower,
And it rung in the Ladye's ear.
She raised her stately head,
And her heart throbbed high with pride-...
"Your mountains shall bend,
And your streams ascend,
Ere Margaret be our foeman's bridel'
XIX
The LTadye sought the lofty hall,
Where many a bold retainer lay,
And, with jocund din, among them all,
Her son pursued his infant play.
A fancied moss-trooper, the boy
The truncheon of a spear bestrode,
And round the hall, right merrily,
In mimic foray rode.
Even bearded knights, in arms grown old,
Share in his frolic gambols bore,
Albeit their hearts, of rugged mould,
Were stubborn as the steel they wore.
For the gray warriors prophesied,
How the brave boy, in future war,
Should tame the Unicorn's pride,
Exalt the Crescents and the Star.
XL
The Ladye forgot her purpose high.
One moment, and no more; -i
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