Song at the Feast of 80 UPON THE RESTORATION OF LORD CLIFFORD THE SHEPHERD TO THE ESTATES AND HONOURS OF HIS ANCESTORS. HIGH in the breathless hall the minstrel sate, "From town to town, from tower to tower, The red rose is revived at last; She lifts her head for endless spring, For everlasting blossoming: Both roses flourish, red and white: In love and sisterly delight The two that were at strife are blended, And all old troubles now are ended.- On this great throng, this bright array ! |