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DONALD OF THE ISLES.
Around and round her gazed the Queen,
By the lamp's unshaken light;
On the roof, like a spirit's swathed form,
Was the shadow of the Knight.
On that thin shape her eyes were fixed,
That she could not turn again,
When it raised, with faint, unsteady strength,
One stiffened arm's unmeasured length,
As it had moved in pain.
By the lamp's unshaken light;
On the roof, like a spirit's swathed form,
Was the shadow of the Knight.
On that thin shape her eyes were fixed,
That she could not turn again,
When it raised, with faint, unsteady strength,
One stiffened arm's unmeasured length,
As it had moved in pain.
Then with a crash that ran along,
Till it rocked beneath her tread,
That arm fell down upon the stone,
And her stunned senses fled!
. . . The morning sun, with ruby tinge,
O'er the woods began to peer,
When the Queen was at the window tower;
But no more was seen, from that dread hour,
The Murcian Cavalier!
Till it rocked beneath her tread,
That arm fell down upon the stone,
And her stunned senses fled!
. . . The morning sun, with ruby tinge,
O'er the woods began to peer,
When the Queen was at the window tower;
But no more was seen, from that dread hour,
The Murcian Cavalier!
And still, upon the battlement,
She walks at shut of even;
Her face is pale, her air is wild,
And her looks are towards heaven!
And ever, when a deeper shade
Hang on these forests rude,
The Spanish shepherd girls will tell
How they hear, far off, in a desert dell,
The Lady of the Wood!
She walks at shut of even;
Her face is pale, her air is wild,
And her looks are towards heaven!
And ever, when a deeper shade
Hang on these forests rude,
The Spanish shepherd girls will tell
How they hear, far off, in a desert dell,
The Lady of the Wood!
Donald of the Isles.
It's of a young lord o' the Hielands,
A bonnie braw castle had he;
And he says to his lady mither,
"A boon ye will grant to me:
Shall I gang to Edinbruch city,
And fetch hame a lady wi' me?"
A bonnie braw castle had he;
And he says to his lady mither,
"A boon ye will grant to me:
Shall I gang to Edinbruch city,
And fetch hame a lady wi' me?"
"Ye may gae to Edinbruch city,
And fetch hame a lady wi' thee;
Ent see that ye bring her but flatterie,
And court her in great povertie."
And fetch hame a lady wi' thee;
Ent see that ye bring her but flatterie,
And court her in great povertie."