St Nicholas [serial] . ing stood tall,With helm and spear. Swarmed his men up the and only a maiden withyellow hair,And a face milk-white —Only a maid (andthat maid I) —Spears and helmetsthey throngedthem nighIn the suns redlight. Now who is thiswho hath stayedalone?Spake the king tothe maid. Warder o castle andkeeper o stone ! T was thus shesaid. All mens placesI m left to fill —Soldier and scullion,too, an ye will —For all are fled ! Oh, then the laughterrose harsh andloud; And words they buzzed like bees in a cloud!But I marked the great kings angry eye,Whi
St Nicholas [serial] . ing stood tall,With helm and spear. Swarmed his men up the and only a maiden withyellow hair,And a face milk-white —Only a maid (andthat maid I) —Spears and helmetsthey throngedthem nighIn the suns redlight. Now who is thiswho hath stayedalone?Spake the king tothe maid. Warder o castle andkeeper o stone ! T was thus shesaid. All mens placesI m left to fill —Soldier and scullion,too, an ye will —For all are fled ! Oh, then the laughterrose harsh andloud; And words they buzzed like bees in a cloud!But I marked the great kings angry eye,Which sought where my good, gray lordmight lie. Where is thy lord ? quoth the king to the maid; Point the place, or thou It lose thy head! My life may be thine, said the maid to the king; But my lords is his own!courtsying. 37*quoth she, • Lead thou on to his hiding-place,Or I burn the castle before thy face!I level the castle from turret to groundUnless thy lord be straightway found! Cried the king to the 1 BURST THE DOOR, AND THE KING STOOD TALL, WITH HELM AND SPEAR. She stamped her foot on the pavementstone — She defied the King. Wouldst threaten a maiden left alone ? How scorn can sting! A captive thou in a dungeon low,Said the king to the maid, : Unless his hiding-place thou It show,Where he lurks in dread ! 372 THE BALLAD OF THE MAID AND THE KING. [Mar.
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