'A chain of gold ye sall not lack; Nor braid to bind your hair, Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair; And you the foremost o' them a' Shall ride our forest-queen ' But aye she loot the tears down fa' For Jock o' Hazeldean. IV The kirk was deck'd at morning-tide, The tapers glimmer'd fair; The priest and bridegroom wait the bride, They sought her baith by bower and ha'; ΙΟ 5 She's o'er the Border, and awa’ LOCHINVAR LADY HERON'S SONG [From Marmion, Canto V] O, YOUNG Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; He rode all unarm’d, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he enter'd the Netherby Hall, Among brides-men, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: 'I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied ; 5 IO 15 20 The bride kiss'd the goblet: the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, While her mother did fret and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! 35 'She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' quoth young Lochinvar. 40 There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have you e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? 45 BORDER SONG [From The Monastery] I MARCH, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale, Why the deil dinna ye march forward in order? March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale, All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the Border. Many a banner spread, Flutters above your head, Many a crest that is famous in story. Mount and make ready then, Sons of the mountain glen, Fight for the Queen and the old Scottish glory! II Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing, Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow. War-steeds are bounding, Stand to your arms then, and march in good order, Tell of the bloody fray, When the Blue Bonnets came over the Border! SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1772-1834 FRANCE: AN ODE I YE Clouds that far above me float and pause, Yield homage only to eternal laws! Ye Woods that listen to the night-birds' singing, 5 ΙΟ 15 20 5 Midway the smooth and perilous slope reclined, Through glooms, which never woodman trod, My moonlight way o'er flowering weeds I wound, By each rude shape and wild unconquerable sound! And O ye Clouds that far above me soared! Bear witness for me, wheresoe'er ye be, With what deep worship I have still adored II When France in wrath her giant-limbs upreared, ΙΟ 15 20 And with that oath, which smote air, earth, and sea, Stamped her strong foot and said she would be free, Bear witness for me, how I hoped and feared! 25 With what a joy my lofty gratulation Unawed I sang, amid a slavish band: And when to whelm the disenchanted nation, The monarchs marched in evil day, Though dear her shores and circling ocean, 30 Though many friendships, many youthful loves Had swol❜n the patriot emotion And flung a magic light o'er all her hills and groves; 35 Yet still my voice, unaltered, sang defeat To all that braved the tyrant-quelling lance, |