Lays and ballads from English history, etc . , By griefs remorseless clasp be wrung ! Oh, weeping much, and suffering long, Patient in woe, in weakness strong, Thou goest a captives life to lead, And death were liberty indeed ! GUSTAVUS AND CHRISTINE- 135 G-od arm thee with endurance ! YetThou mayst do all things but pure and lonely love must beFirm to sustain itself and thee—Shining like yonder planets light,Which brightens with the deepening night;And still, wheneer the voice of fameBreathes proudly my rememberd name,Think—while thou weepest—think, In this]Sor small nor slight my
Lays and ballads from English history, etc . , By griefs remorseless clasp be wrung ! Oh, weeping much, and suffering long, Patient in woe, in weakness strong, Thou goest a captives life to lead, And death were liberty indeed ! GUSTAVUS AND CHRISTINE- 135 G-od arm thee with endurance ! YetThou mayst do all things but pure and lonely love must beFirm to sustain itself and thee—Shining like yonder planets light,Which brightens with the deepening night;And still, wheneer the voice of fameBreathes proudly my rememberd name,Think—while thou weepest—think, In this]Sor small nor slight my portion is. Farewell! Oh, vainest word that eerFell from the weakness of despair !Xor seas, nor worlds, nor fates have powerTo sever hearts for one brief yields to love ; her streaming eyesShe lifts, and with a smile replies, OZ. M. ^ A5. AU .&. AS- •a *fc *7r w *S* W» *?r The sea hath lost its edge of gold,The mountain-crest gleams white and silver moon shines pale on oneWho kneels and weeps—he is alone !. NOTES. In these Notes I do not attempt to give anything like a narrativeof events connected with the subjects of the Ballads, butsimply to explain, and that as briefly as possible, such pointsas may be supposed to require elucidation for my youngerreaders, in the hope that they may be induced to drink deeplyfor themselves of the fountains which they are here but invitedto taste. CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. P. 1. Eor the details of this, and of many other Ballads, I am in-debted to aLlss Stricklands valuable and interesting Lives of theQueens of England, to wMch I beg, once for all, to acknowledgemy frequent obligations. Bui Saxon Harold; fyc. I take this opportunity of correcting a blunder, noticed by acritic in Bentlefs Miscellany. The (e right of a sovereign to namehis successor/ though acknowledged even in the daysof QueenBess, never extended so far as to enable him to will away hiskingdom to a foreigner. Nevertheless, we cannot acquit Harold 138 L
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