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The Legend of St. Loy

With Other Poems. By John Abraham Heraud
Heraud, John A. (1799-1887)
  
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SONNET
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THE LEGEND of ST. Loy
  
Introduction.
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CANTO THE FIRST. The Hermitage.
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CANTO THE SECOND. The Well of St. Loy.
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XXI. The Song of Edwy.
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CANTO THE THIRD. The Wood.
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CANTO THE FOURTH. The Vola.
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XXVI. The Hymn.
  
Conclusion.
  
THE Farewell to Cottenham.
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POEMS.
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THE Lament of the Bard.
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On attaining the Age of Twenty-one
  
THE Grave of the Bard
  
SONG, to---
  
STANZAS On the Death of His Most Gracious Majesty KING GEORGE THE THIRD.
  
SONNET TO ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ.

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XIX.

Riven his plate, and pierced his mail,
Battered his crest, and broke his blade,
That had so late, with dire avail,
Repelled his force, whose sacred steel
Waved in a Wife's and Daughter's aid,
Extended huge the Giant lay —
His shield, exempted from the fray,
Hung in its own armorial nich,
Alone unharmed — unconscious — which
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His anxious eyes still sought — and ay,
Exposed in utmost exigence;
Still, still he bent to pluck from thence
That stout circumference of defence,
To oppose to the consuming wrath
Of St. Eloy and Agilnoth —
But vain! — in vain! — pressed vengeance there,
His shrinking steps and failing strength,
Exulting o'er his measured length;
While fierce disdain from his despair
Broke forth—as sunk his soul to Hela's dwelling drear!
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