The Lady of the lake . A moment listened to the cry,That thickened as the chase drew nigh;Then, as the headmost foes one brave bound the copse he cleared, 42 THE LADY OF THE LAKE. And, stretcliing forward free and far,Sought the wild heaths of Uam-Var. III. Yelled on the view the opening pack;Rock, glen, and cavern paid them back;To many a mingled sound at onceThe awakened mountain gave hundred dogs bayed deep and strong,Clattered a hundred steeds along,Their peal the merry horns rung out,A hundred voices joined the shout;With hark and whoop and wild halloo,No rest Ben

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The Lady of the lake . A moment listened to the cry,That thickened as the chase drew nigh;Then, as the headmost foes one brave bound the copse he cleared, 42 THE LADY OF THE LAKE. And, stretcliing forward free and far,Sought the wild heaths of Uam-Var. III. Yelled on the view the opening pack;Rock, glen, and cavern paid them back;To many a mingled sound at onceThe awakened mountain gave hundred dogs bayed deep and strong,Clattered a hundred steeds along,Their peal the merry horns rung out,A hundred voices joined the shout;With hark and whoop and wild halloo,No rest Benvoirlichs echoes from the tumult fled the roe,Close in her covert cowered the doe,The falcon, from her cairn on on the rout a wondering eye,Till far beyond her piercing kenThe hurricane had swept the , and more faint, its failing dinReturned from cavern, cliff, and silence settled, wide and still,On the lone wood and mighty hill. IV. Less loud the sounds of sylvan warDisturbed the

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