. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. 159. What though the sun, with ardent frown,Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown, —The sportive toil, which, short and light,Had dyed her glowing hue so bright,Served too in hastier swell to showShort glimpses of a breast of snow :What though no rule of courtly graceTo measured mood had trained her pace, —A foot more light, a step more true,Neer from the heath-flower dashed the dew;Een the slight harebell raised its head,Elastic from her airy tread :What though upon her speech

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. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. 159. What though the sun, with ardent frown,Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown, —The sportive toil, which, short and light,Had dyed her glowing hue so bright,Served too in hastier swell to showShort glimpses of a breast of snow :What though no rule of courtly graceTo measured mood had trained her pace, —A foot more light, a step more true,Neer from the heath-flower dashed the dew;Een the slight harebell raised its head,Elastic from her airy tread :What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue, —Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear,The listener held his breath to hear ! A chieftains daughter seemed the maid ; Her satin snood, her silken plaid. Her golden brooch, such birth betrayed. And seldom was a snood amid Such wild luxuriant ringlets hid, Whose glossy black to shame might bring The plumage of the ravens wing; i6o SCOTTS POETICAL UOKhS.

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