The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . they termed the northern ])ort ofthe citadel—could see robber bands movino: here andthere, and note the country round dotted with fireand smoke; but against t]u> .stron<r walls of they dashed themselves in vain. Here was a secure haven of refuge—heieat least was peace and comfort, Avhatever red ruin wasted either border; nav, thetown throve on the ver\ disorder; an the bullocks and horses were cheap and good,what need to incjuire too curioasly whence tliey <ame ? Far
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . they termed the northern ])ort ofthe citadel—could see robber bands movino: here andthere, and note the country round dotted with fireand smoke; but against t]u> .stron<r walls of they dashed themselves in vain. Here was a secure haven of refuge—heieat least was peace and comfort, Avhatever red ruin wasted either border; nav, thetown throve on the ver\ disorder; an the bullocks and horses were cheap and good,what need to incjuire too curioasly whence tliey <ame ? Far better to get andjiart with theiu quickly and (juietly and jirofitably. Even if the seller was a Scot,come there in time of truce, .so nnicli more reason to make a ])rofit out of then the mercliants had everything to sell, from .strong waters to trinkets; .soit was strantjf if tlio gentlcmau took much away with him. A merrie COTEBILL I-I,AM). The ] MERRIE CARLISLE. 309 town, in truth I In flowinu lineplace and its historv:— Lvdia Si()iiniov lias admirahlv touched ofp the. Ho^v fair amid the rlepth of suniiner green Spread forth thy walls, Carlisle ! Thj- castled heights Ahrupt and lofty; thy cathedral dome iVIajestic and alone ; thy beauteous bridget^paiining the EJen.****?*?-? Old Time hath hung upon tliy misty wallsLegends of festal and of warlike deeds,—King Arthurs wassail-cup : the battle-axeOf the wild Danish sea-kings ; the fierce beakOf Romes victorious eagle : Pictish spearAnd Scottish claymore in con-fusion mixedWith Englands clothyard ar row. Some of these legends are huthalf told or half simg. Onescarcelv coherent, yet weiidand powerful, ballad suggest*an ancient, and but for itforgotten, tragedy:— Shes howket a grave by the light o the sun shines fair on Carlisle wa;And there shes buried her sweet babe in,And the lyon shall be lord of a ! We turn to the authentic,but scarce less tragic orromantic, history to presentthree pict
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