My fairest earldom would I give
To bid Clan-Alpine's Chieftain live! -
Hast thou no other boon to crave?
No other captive friend to save?"
Blushing, she turn'd her from the King,
And to the Douglas gave the ring,
As if she wish'd her sire to speak
The suit that stain'd her glowing cheek.
"Nay, then, my pledge has lost its force,
And stubborn Justice holds her course.—
Malcolm, come forth!"— and, at the word,
Down kneel'd the Græme to Scotland's Lord.
"For thee, rash youth, no suppliant sues,
From thee may Vengeance claim her dues,
Who, nurtured underneath our smile,
Hast paid our care by treacherous wile,
And sought, amid thy faithful clan,
A refuge for an outlaw'd man,
Dishonoring thus thy loyal name.-
Fetters and warder for the Græme!"
His chain of gold the King unstrung,
The links o'er Malcolm's neck he flung,
Then gently drew the glittering band,
And laid the clasp on Ellen's hand.

Harp of the North, farewell! The hills grow dark,
On purple peaks a deeper shade descending;
In twilight copse the glowworm lights her spark,
The deer, half seen, are to the covert wending.
Resume thy wizard elm! the fountain lending,

And the wild breeze, thy wilder minstrelsy;
Thy numbers sweet with Nature's vespers blending,
With distant echo from the fold and lea,

1

And herd-boy's evening pipe, and hum of housing 1 bee.

1 Returning to the hive.

Yet, once again, farewell, thou Minstrel Harp!
Yet, once again, forgive my feeble sway!
And little reck I of the censure sharp

May idly cavil at an idle lay.

Much have I owed thy strains on life's long way,
Through secret woes the world has never known,
When on the weary night dawn'd wearier day,
And bitterer was the grief devour'd alone.

That I o'erlived such woes, Enchantress! is thine own.

Hark! as my lingering footsteps slow retire,
Some Spirit of the Air has waked thy string!
'Tis now a seraph bold, with touch of fire-
'Tis now the brush of Fairy's frolic wing.
Receding now, the dying numbers ring

Fainter and fainter down the rugged dell,
And now the mountain breezes scarcely bring
A wandering witch note of the distant spell—
And now, 'tis silent all!- Enchantress, fare thee well!

GLOSSARY.

ARCADE. A series of arches sup- | DRAWBRIDGE.

ported by columns or piers, either open or backed by masonry. AUGURY. 1. The art or practice of foretelling events. 2. An omen or prediction.

BARRET CAP. A kind of cap or head gear formerly worn by soldiers. BATTLEMENT. A wall or rampart around the top of a castle, with openings to look through and annoy the enemy.

BLACK-JACK. A capacious drinking cup or can formerly made of waxed leather.

A bridge at the en

trance of a castle, which, when lowered by chains, gave access across the moat or ditch surrounding the

structure. EMBOSSED.

(A technical hunting Flecked or spotted with

term.)
foam.
FAVOR. Something which was be-
stowed as a token of good will or
of love, as a glove or a knot of rib-
bon, to be worn habitually by a
knight-errant.

FEINT. (A technical fencing term.)
A seeming aim at one part when it
is intended to strike another.
FEUDAL. Pertaining to that political
form in which there was a chain of
persons holding land of one another
on condition of performing certain
services. Every man in the chain
was bound to his immediate su-
perior, held land from him, took
oath of allegiance to him, and be-
came his man.
FLOURISH.

A trumpet call; a fan-
fare or prelude by one or more
trumpets performed on
the ap-
proach of any person of distinction.
FRONTLET. The front of a stag's
head; the horns.

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In fencing, a position of QUARTERSTAFF: A stout staff used passive defense. HALBERD. A long-handled weapon