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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Just at that instant, through the array
A troop of strangers burst their way;
Led by an ancient chief, who rode
A stately steed, with silver shod:
And oh that chief was stern to view!
His robe was crimson set with blue;
While on his head, like spheral crown,
Stood broad and belted chaperon:
His face was bent like curve of bow;
His hair as white as Alpine snow;
His gray beard, quivering with disdain,
Hung mingled with his horse's mane.
A troop of strangers burst their way;
Led by an ancient chief, who rode
A stately steed, with silver shod:
And oh that chief was stern to view!
His robe was crimson set with blue;
While on his head, like spheral crown,
Stood broad and belted chaperon:
His face was bent like curve of bow;
His hair as white as Alpine snow;
His gray beard, quivering with disdain,
Hung mingled with his horse's mane.
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