Marmion . knight,Tirante by name, ycleped the eithers feet a trusty squire,;^^b^5=AT Pandour and Camp, with eyes of fire,Jealous, each others motions scarce suppressed their ancient laverock whistled from the cloud ;The stream was liveh, but not loud;From the white thorn the May-flower shedIts dewy fragrance round our head :Not Ariel lived more merrilyUnder the blossomed bough, than we. And blithesome nights, too, have been ours,When Winter stript the summers we heard, what now I hear,The wild blast sighing deep and fires were bright, and
Marmion . knight,Tirante by name, ycleped the eithers feet a trusty squire,;^^b^5=AT Pandour and Camp, with eyes of fire,Jealous, each others motions scarce suppressed their ancient laverock whistled from the cloud ;The stream was liveh, but not loud;From the white thorn the May-flower shedIts dewy fragrance round our head :Not Ariel lived more merrilyUnder the blossomed bough, than we. And blithesome nights, too, have been ours,When Winter stript the summers we heard, what now I hear,The wild blast sighing deep and fires were bright, and lamps beamed gay,And ladies tuned the lovely lav ;And he was held a laggard shunned to quafl the sparkling he, whose absence we deplore,Wlio breathes the gales of Devons shore,The longer missed, bewailed the more ; And thou, and I, and dear-loved E , And one whose name I may not say, —For not Mimosas tender treeShrinks sooner from the touch than he, —In merry chorus well With laughter drowned the wliistling wind. Mirth was within ; and Caie without Might gnaw her nails to hear our shout. Not but amid the T)Uxom scene Some grave discourse might intervene — Of the good horse that bore him best, His shoulder, hoof, and arching crest: For, like mad Toms, our chiefest care Was horse to ride, and weapon wear. Such nights we ve had ; and, though the game Of manhood be more sober tame, And though the field-day or the drill Seem less important now, jet still Such may we hope to share again. The sprightly thought inspires my strain! And mark how, like a horseman true, Lord Marmions march I thus renew. =^2Ldf- jli
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