Show S T V TRE LADY OP TIM LAKE BY T ilia IR wal TIB r A corn con A un Jov I 1 tl 1 t J lier CANTO IV 17 THE 1 I the row rose ii is fairest when hen itis budding new and holois brightest lien it dawns daw froni from fears the rose N i sweetest washed with dew and avid loe love is ie loveli aft hen in tearh 0 wilding rose whom fancy thus tl iuen en deairs delt rit I 1 bid your our blossoms in my bonnet wae of hope and love through future dearal airel ei rel thus spoke oung young norman heir of Arm armandie Arman andave dae what time the pun sun arose on yen bachara na ii broad wave II 11 such fond conceit half halt said half hall so sung 9 lovo love prompted to the bridegroom bridegroom a tongue all abile he be stripped tho the wild ild F pray ilie I 1 axe and bov bow beside him lay F for or on a pass twixt lake like and wood A wakeful sentinel lie stood haru hark I 1 on the rock a it fulep rang ring and instant to hia his anus arms lie sprung I 1 St stand arld or thou diesti soon art thou returned from front braes of of doune boune by thy teen keen step arid glance I 1 know thou bring hr st ue us tidings of the foe fee for while the fiery flery cros cro s hied on on distant scout had none gone where t bleeps leeps the chief the henchman said apart in ir yonder mity misty mi ty glade to ilia his lone tone couch ill bo be your our guide then called a Blum berer by hil his side and stirred him with ith his slackened elc bow rouse thee ho hot vo we seek beet it the chieftain on the track keepseagle Kee keep a watch till I 1 come back back III TY together gether up the pass they sped what of the foeman nurman norman said varying reports froia from near ne ir and far thia this certain that a hand of war ar has tor for two dae days been a realy boune at pi command to march a from daune king kin james the while with princely powers revelry in stirling towers E soon will mill thie this dark and gather tl ering ng cloud speak on our glens in thunder loud inured to bise bide ach bitter bout fout tho tile warriors plaid may hear it out but norman how wib thou provide A 1 shelter eli elter for thy bonny bride 7 what I 1 know yo ye not that rodericks care to the lone isle haa has caused repair each maid and matron of the clan and every child and aged man unfit for arms and given his charge nr N r skiff nor shallop elia llop boat nor barge boon these lakes eliell float ut at largo large but all beside the islet moor tat bat such dear pledge may rest secure IV tia well advised the chieft chieftain aind plan bespeaks the father of hsi his clan aa but where fora ii sleeps sir air roderick dhu apart rom all hie his followers lowera fol true it is because last evening tido tide brian an augury hath tried of that dread kind which must in list not be unless in dread extremity tho the airm failed called by which afar our i forta the events of war milk white bull they slew I 1 ah ali I 1 well the gallant brute I 1 knew know I 1 the tile choicest of lite prey we ha ila 1 I when swept 1 our merrymen merry men nien gal langaar hie his hide was snow hia his horns were dark ilia red eye glowed like fiery spark so fierce so tame leaa and so fleet sore did he lie cumber our retreat and kept our stoutest kornea kernes in awe een at the pasi of beat ni malia alia bat but steep and aud flinty was w the road and ebarp sharp the hurrying hur pik emans goat and who i no we came to decane ls row A child might stroke his ills brow V NORMAN I 1 that b ill wai was blain slain hie his reeking rocking hi aliide liide j e they trel retched ret ched the cataract beside whose waters their wild will tumult tosi adan ad wn the blak blaak and crag cray y boss boas of that hue hup cliff ample erge verge tradition calla tha heres tabe couched couched on a shelve beneath beneAt li iti brink close wb re the thundering torr ants sink rocking beneath their he headlong adlon sway and drizzled by the coas leal spray midst groan of rock and roar of stream tho the waits prophetic dream nor distant reste rests tile chief cutbush but bush I 1 see gliding blow through mist and ad buah tho the hermit gains g tina yon on roc kand stand stands to gaze upon our tl bl bands hands seems ho lie not mal caliso ise like a gho client it that hovers bovers oer oera a slaughtered hobt or arven r iven on the blasted oak that watching tt Atchin while tho der deer ie Is broke ilia morsel claims with sullen croak T illeane Il leace I 1 leacel 1 to other than thin to me eliy word nere evil augury but still I 1 hold for Ito dericks blado blade clan alpines omen and her herald aid not aught that gleaned trona from heaven or hell bell yon fiend begotten monk can toll tell tile chieft chieftain Aln join joins him see and now together they descend the brow 1 au T it le continued in sundays bry ig i ff g irmald ir lb |