Show td LADY OF THE LAKE 1 t fly BIB slit WALTER vf ALTER scott canto I 1 the chaab of the north I 1 that eting long hast aung ung on the witch elm that sha shades des saint Fi llana llant spring I 1 and down do withe the fitful breeze thy num wr flung 1 ivy did around thee m ft fi ft with ith verdant ringlet every 0 miti minstrel string harp barp still mus must J tail thick accents sleep steel mid rustling lea vand fountaine fountains mun mannering nering still must thy sweeter pounds sounds their silence keep nor lid a warrior smile nor teach a maid to weep not thus 11 in ancient days of baledon Ca leilon was thy voice mute amid the thea se tai 1 crowd when lay of hopeless love or glory coill won aroused the tearful fearful or subdued the proud at each according pau pauso go was heard hear d aloud liine ardent symphony j S 7 ki lif I 1 i I 1 it fair q and crested chiefs atten I 1 I 1 ti bowed for still the burthen of thy min arcley was knight knighthoods hooda dauntless deed and beautys matchless eye e e 0 wake once more how rude focer tho the hand that T gri tures over thy magic maze i otray 0 wako wake once more I 1 tho scarce my 1 kill command some sm 0 feeble echoing echain of thine earlier lay Thoi ili h harsh and d faint int and poon to die lie away and allun fl 11 ll unworthy worthy of thy nobler strain yet if one heart throb higher at i ite ts sway eway the izzard note has lies not been touched in vain then silent be no more I 1 enchantress inake again 1 I Titi titian rag ag at eveliaa eve had drunk his nil fill where danced the moon on rill and deep his midnight lair had made in locq hazel shade but when the sun ins his beacon red had kindled on oil head tho the deep mouthed blood hounded heavy bay Ke sounded up the rocky way ay aud and faint from farther fart lier distance li tance borne home were heird board the clanging hoof and horn born II 11 ae As chief who beirs bears be irs his warder call to arins 1 the foemen storm the vail wall tho the antlered monarch monar cli of the naste waste sirun sprung froin from his heathery couch in haste basto but eer oer hie his fleet career he took tito dew daw dewdrops drops from his flanks he shook like crested leader proud and high tossed ilia his bearnes frontlet to tho the sky A moment gared gazed tile dlo date A moment snuffed the tainted gale A moment listened to tho the cry that thickened as the chase cham drew nigh then us a the headmost foes foos appeared with one brine brave bound the tile copse copes he lie cleared and stretching fora forward ard free and far sought tho the wild heaths of aam var I 1 III yelled on tho the view the opening oc ning pack rock glen and cavern a pid paid them bick back b ick to many a mingled sound at once the awakened mountain aavo re an hundred dogs bayed deep and strong clattered a hundred steeds along their ical peal tile merry horns rung out their merry voices joined the shout about with hark and ahoon and wild hallo ballo no rest echoes know mcw far from the tumult fled tied the roo roe close in her covert cowered the doe the tile falcon from her cairn on high cast on t lie rout a woud ering eye till far beyond her piercing ken the tito hurricane had bad swept tile glen faint and more mort hint aint its failing din returned from casern cavern cuff cliff an ani I 1 linn and silence settled avido ijo and still on oil the lone wood and mighty hill IV lewil loud the sounds arf of silvan sylvan war disturbed tho the height of aam var and roused I 1 6 tho e cavern 3 eit where ila told A giant ilant mado made life he don of old for ere that tbt steep coq won high in he his pathway alq ieng ng 1 ae as sun and many a galant gallant stayed per bova orco was fain to breathe his walterine horse bior li or and of the trackers of the deer scarce half tho the lessening patk pack wag was near to shrewdly on the he mountain side had the bold bursi th their air mottle in t tile tried I 1 I 1 NT the tito noble bias stag was pail pausing sing ilour now upon the mountains southern brow where broad extended far beneath the varied realms of fair with anxious eye ho lie wandered oer mountain and meadow mosa mora ai and rid aca and dered refuge irom hie ills toil by r y fai ar lochard tac ard or aberfoyle Aber foyle but near atas the tile coie wooi gray that waved aal copt on iray and mingled with 0 taft pinetree pine pina tree blue on oil the bold cliffs of benvenue ben venue fresh vigour with the hope returned with flying nm foot the heath he I 1 spurned held me westward stward aith un wearied race and left behind the panting cha chaee as VI tw ere long to tell is hat steeds gave oer oer I 1 As sw sm ept the tile hunt bunt through camb ug moro more what reins were tightened in di dispa irp alen IVI ken roe rose aldge in air who flagged upon Boc baRtee heath ll 11 ea th who shunned to artem the flooded atelth for twice that day from shore to 11 bore th rho gallant stag swam stoutly oer few were aci o tho tile jar reached tho of Ven 1 I 1 A nd n 1 ahen w ben the tile brav of Tur lr the nall 1 I wa I 1 VII VIL alone but with ith I 1 abated liew 1 zeal I that plied the aj I 1 for jaded I 1 I 1 now and spent with ith toll ii i with foa ild ask dark soil with 1111 V while bile every rasp with sobs he lie the tile st a strained full i bew s ill 11 two dogs ot of black saint hubert lab breed erv li t unmatched for course courage breath speed d 1 last fast on ins ilia flying traces trace came I 1 and al all but won that desperate I 1 ga for haunch launch scarce a spra length ln th frog fro h u 0 14 I 1 vindictive toil toalei 4 e th e ba staunch oa 1 ha aa u idi I 1 nor nearer likht the tile dogs do attain 1 nor farther i might the quarry qua rry mra train i a thu thus up tile margin of at ago lale lake A between t the lie precipice an I 1 brake oer block stock and rock their rae race the take I 1 mil vill k I 1 tho the hunter marked that I 1 I 1 bil high I 1 0 the lone meairn boundary and deemed the agta turn tur nto to bay khero that huge rampart barred th way vay already glorying in in the prize I 1 measured hie ilia antlers with ha his eyes for the death wound and drui ball hall hie his breath it ins wil myar drew but thundering as he came prepa with ready arm and weapon b barei I 1 tile wily v ily quarry shunned the chock and turned him from abe th dpn rock 11 then dashing down a a soon hobt to hound bound and hunter keli in the deep Tro sachs wildcat wildest awl I 1 I 1 ilia lie solitary refuge took there athile hile close couchel couched I 1 the takk et shed cold dove dews head and wild flowers on ha his I 1 i lie ile heard the baffled dogs in in agn vain rave through the hollo hollow piss pans amein t chiding the rocks that yelled again V I 1 IX close on the hounds the hunter hunte came reame to cheer them on the va ania hed gaine I 1 I 1 but stumbling in in the rugged dell tho the gallant horse exhausted ml fell the impatient rider strove in in vain I 1 to rouse him with the spur and re a I 1 for the good steed hie his labours laboure 0 e r stretched his stiff limbs tu tel rise ris e no more then touched with pity and a remone lie ile sorrowed ed oer the expiring horse 1 I little thought when hen first thy reia re la I 1 slacked upon tile tho banks of 0 stine seine that highland eagle eer should leei feed ou on thy fleet limbs my match matchica lem steed wo worth the chase we worth BOrth the i day that costs thy life my gallant gray I 1 X I 1 then through the dell his horn resounds from vain nun pursuit to call the li hound back limped with slow and crippled pace tho tito sulky leaders of 0 the chase clone to their masters side they pressed with drooping tail tall and humbled crest but still the dingles hollow throat prolonged the swelling R elling bugle note the tile owlets started from their dream 1 tho tito eagles answered ans crad with 1 ith their scream round and around the sounds ere cast tilt till echo ft emed an answering blast and on the hunter hied hie ilia way to join some comrades of the day 11 I 1 yet often paused so strange the road I 1 so wondrous roua were the scenes it showed I 1 I 1 XI the western wates waves of ebbing day 1 rolled oer the glen their level way 1 each purple peak each flinty spire was V ae bathed in floods ot of linn firk fir but not a setting beam coul I 1 gaw glo within the dark ravines below where twined the path in in shadow hid I 1 hound round a rol rocky pyramid I 1 I 1 shooting abruptly abruptly from froin tho the dell ita its splintered pinnacle I 1 round many an insulated me mass 1 the native nativo bulwark bulwarks of tile pass pam I 1 huge a as the tower milich builders bui buil derl ditl presumptuous piled on Sl unar pia I 1 the rocky summits split and rent formed turret dome or battlement or seemed fantastically set with cupola or minaret nu naret wild crest aa as jagod eer ever decked of mosque of eastern archili ar chilt nor were these earthborn earth born cantle I 1 baro faro nor lacked they rn many ny a banner lait for from their 4 brows 44 blayd fr oer the unfashionable eule 11 twinkling with alth tho the dewdrops dew drops sheen I 1 4 the briar rose fell in streamers awn and creeping drube shrubs hr ube of thousand I 1 dyes I 1 waved in the tile ande sli ninia eight f XII IT boon nature free an va 1 each plant or flower tho file mountain t child t re eglantine embalms cina blind alie th 0 air I 1 f hawthorn and hazel mingled ining led there p the primrose pale pate and bolet blower I 1 I 1 found in each cliff a narrow bober be er pl roi rox gleto and night allado ude side by j i 81 elde e I 1 i embla m of punishment and prida their dark hues gitil th ovea e stairl I 1 the tile v weather beaten crags retain with boughs that at every breath gray birch and aspen ept bengalli ben catU calli I 1 aloft the tile ash and warrior oak dat anchor C 40 in tha wi I 1 nd nl higher yet ye the o 0 I 1 ills chattered ered trunk and frequent I 1 flung 11 i where seema the cliffa 4 to in meet bet on I 1 high I 1 ilia is boke bos athwart the lite sky 1 1 highest richest ot of W here fiere hite beaks a glanced where lyher glistening glist ning I 1 orean treainer esq waved nd 1 alced the wanderers wand ereie eye could baro b wely ly view I 1 the blumlo bo avone felicion deli cion a blue ondrous wild ild the whole might 0 lio o keecil the scenery I 1 of f a airy dreada |