Marmion . ^JZ. CANTO FIRST. ^ /^l^ iA s 31 Demanded for their niggard pay,Fit for their souls, a looser satire, song, and play;The world defrauded of the high the God-given strength, and marredthe lofty line. Warmed by such names, well may we dwindled sons of little to break a feeble lanceIn the fair fields of old romance ;Or seek the moated castles cell,Where long through talisman and spell,While tyrants ruled, and damsels wept,Thy Genius, Chivalry, hath slept:There sound the harpings of the North,Till he awake and sally forth,On venturous
Marmion . ^JZ. CANTO FIRST. ^ /^l^ iA s 31 Demanded for their niggard pay,Fit for their souls, a looser satire, song, and play;The world defrauded of the high the God-given strength, and marredthe lofty line. Warmed by such names, well may we dwindled sons of little to break a feeble lanceIn the fair fields of old romance ;Or seek the moated castles cell,Where long through talisman and spell,While tyrants ruled, and damsels wept,Thy Genius, Chivalry, hath slept:There sound the harpings of the North,Till he awake and sally forth,On venturous quest to prick again,In all his arms, with all his train,Shield, lance, and brand, and plume, and scarf,Fay, giant, dragon, squire, and dwarf,And wizard with his Avand of errant maid on palfrey the Genius weave their Love, Avho scarce his passion tells;Mystery, half veiled and half revealed ;And Honor, with his spotless .shield ;Attention, with fixed eye; and Fear,That lo
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