. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. 154 SCOTTS POETICAL Tlius up the margin of the lake, Between the precipice and brake. Oer stock and rock their race they take. VIII. The Hunter marked that mountain high,The lone lakes western deemed the stag must turn to that huge rampart barred the way;Already glorying in the prize,Measured his antlers with his eyes;For the death-wound and death-hallooMustered his breath, his whinyard drew : —But thundering as he came prepared,With ready arm and weapon bared,The wily qua
. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, baronet; ed. with a careful revision of the text. 154 SCOTTS POETICAL Tlius up the margin of the lake, Between the precipice and brake. Oer stock and rock their race they take. VIII. The Hunter marked that mountain high,The lone lakes western deemed the stag must turn to that huge rampart barred the way;Already glorying in the prize,Measured his antlers with his eyes;For the death-wound and death-hallooMustered his breath, his whinyard drew : —But thundering as he came prepared,With ready arm and weapon bared,The wily quarry shunned the turned him from the opposing rock ;Then, dashing down a darksome glen,Soon lost to hound and Hunters ken,In the deep Trosachs wildest nookHis solitary refuge , while close couched the thicket shedCold dews and wild flowers on his head,He heard the baffled dogs in vainRave through the hollow pass the rocks that yelled again. Close on the hounds the Hunter came,To cheer them on the vanished game ;But, stumbling in the rugged gallant horse exhausted
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