Marmion . THE BATTLE. While great events were on the gale, And each hour brought a varying tale, And the demeanor, changed and cold. Of Douglas, fretted Marmion bold, And, like the impatient steed of war. He snuffed the battle from afar; And hopes were none, that back again Herald should come from Teiouenne, Where Englands King in leaguer lay. Before decisive battle-day; Whilst these things were, the mournful Clare 16 242 MAEMIUX. canto vi. Did in the Dames devotions share: For the good Countess ceaseless prayed To Heaven and Saints, her sons to aid, And, with short interval, did ])ass From pr
Marmion . THE BATTLE. While great events were on the gale, And each hour brought a varying tale, And the demeanor, changed and cold. Of Douglas, fretted Marmion bold, And, like the impatient steed of war. He snuffed the battle from afar; And hopes were none, that back again Herald should come from Teiouenne, Where Englands King in leaguer lay. Before decisive battle-day; Whilst these things were, the mournful Clare 16 242 MAEMIUX. canto vi. Did in the Dames devotions share: For the good Countess ceaseless prayed To Heaven and Saints, her sons to aid, And, with short interval, did ])ass From prayer to l)ook, from book to mass, And all in high Baronial pride,— A life both dull and dignified; — Yet as Lord Marmion nothing jjressed Upon her intervals of rest, Dejected Clara well could bear The formal state, the lengthened prayer, Tlioiigh dearest to her wounded heart The hours that she niiglit spend apart. said, Tantallons dizzy steepHung oer the margin of the a rude tower and ra
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