Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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HADDON HALL.
Where are the Hunters, with their green array,Where are the Warriors of the shield and spear,
Where are the stately Dames whose costly gear,
With jewel-colours flushed the light of day,
Where are the Minstrels, with their silvery sway
Of honey words—the Paladin and Peer?
Where the staunch Yoemen?—where the noble cheer?
The hearths, with their yule faggots piled—the gay
And courtly Sarabands—the knightly lists—
The serenade—the loud reveillée glad?
When from the blue hills 'gan to melt the mists,
And morning came in pride of beauty clad?—
In memory only 'tis the charm exists,
Which bids us linger 'midst these hoar walls sad!
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