The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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But as it was, it gave the alarm
Unto the prince to watch and arm.
His was a brave and goodly train,
The pride of Norway's stormy reign;
All youths on fame and honour bent,
And all of noble, proud descent,
Who the high heir of Eric's crown,
As path to fortune and renown,
Had follow'd with supreme good-will,
Claiming the post of honour still;
And, sooth, a comelier warrior train
Ne'er mounted wave of northern main.
Unto the prince to watch and arm.
His was a brave and goodly train,
The pride of Norway's stormy reign;
All youths on fame and honour bent,
And all of noble, proud descent,
Who the high heir of Eric's crown,
As path to fortune and renown,
Had follow'd with supreme good-will,
Claiming the post of honour still;
And, sooth, a comelier warrior train
Ne'er mounted wave of northern main.
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