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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“No! to himself thou shalt appeal,
To him who never yet did fail
On such request to yield a foe,
Or friend, or kinsman blow for blow!”
King Eric said: “Here's fame for thee
To win. Thou art the man for me
To match! for rarely have I seen
A comelier warrior tread the green!
Woe's me, for such a blooming spray
Which I must level with the clay!”
To him who never yet did fail
On such request to yield a foe,
Or friend, or kinsman blow for blow!”
King Eric said: “Here's fame for thee
To win. Thou art the man for me
To match! for rarely have I seen
A comelier warrior tread the green!
Woe's me, for such a blooming spray
Which I must level with the clay!”
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