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

50 LAY OP THgS VATO IV
XXVL
And let them come!" fierce Dacre cere!:
"For soon yon crest, my father's pridlc,
That swept the shores of Judah's s',a,
And waved in gales of Galilee,
From Branksome's highest towers dislrl.n:
Sh,.l mock the rescue's lingering aid!Level each harquebuss on row;
Draw, merry archers, draw the bow;
Up, bill-men, to the walls, and cry,
Dacre for England, win or die I"
XXVIIL
"Yet hear," quoth Howard, calmly Icaer.
Nor deem my words the words of fear:
For who in field or foray slack
But thus to risque our Border flower
In strife against a kingdom's power,
Ten thousand Scots'gainst thousands dirbtvs5
Certes, were desperate policy.
Nay, take the terms the Ladye made,
Ere conscious of the advancing aid:
Let Musgrave meet fierce Deloraine
In single fight; and if he gain,
He gains for us; but if he's crossed,'Tis but a single warrior lost:
The rest, retreating as they came,
Avoid defeat, and death, and shame.'
XXVIIL
Ill1 could the haughty Dacre brook
His brother-warden's sage rebuke;
And yet his forward step he staid,
And slow and sullenly obeyed:
But ne'er again the Border side
Did these two lords in friendship rideAnd this slight discontent, men say,
Cost blood upon another day.
XXIX.
The persuivant-at-arms again
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