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I.

Summon the Baron of Vaumond
From treason foul and dæmon bond,
To cleanse his honour's stain!”
—I cannot tell the countless throng
Whose gathering thousands roll'd along
Upon the echoing plain;
As waves the serried grain, each crest
By every transient gale carest,
That undulating multitude
A mingling mass all anxious stood.