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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/26791-0.txt b/26791-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d096368 --- /dev/null +++ b/26791-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,876 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ermeline, by George Borrow, Edited by Thomas +J. Wise + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Ermeline + a ballad + + +Translator: George Borrow + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: October 6, 2008 [eBook #26791] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ERMELINE*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org + + + + + +ERMELINE +A BALLAD + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + + 1913 + + + + +ERMELINE. + + +With lance upraised so haughtily + Sir Thunye rides from Alsey town; +On land and main he was, I ween, + A daring knight of high renown. + +Sir Thunye rides in good green wood, + He fain will chase the nimble hare; +And there he meeteth the Dwarf’s daughter, + All with her band of maidens fair. + +Sir Thunye rides in good green wood, + To chase the nimble hart and hind; +And there he meets the Dwarf’s daughter, + Beneath the linden bough reclin’d. + +She rested ’neath the linden’s shade, + The gold harp in her hand was seen: +“O yonder I spy Sir Thunye ride, + I’ll bring him to my feet, I ween. + +“Now sit ye down, my maids so small, + And sit you down my little foot boy; +For I the Runic note will play, + Till field and meadow bloom with joy.” + +Then struck she amain the Runic stroke, + The harp began so sweet to ring, +The wild bird on the twig that sat + Forgot its merry song to sing. + +The wild bird on the bough that sat + Forgot its merry song to sing; +The wild hart running in the shaw + Forgot forthwith to leap and spring. + +Then bloomed the mead, the bough burst forth, + As wildly rang that Runic strain; +Sir Thunye fiercely spurred his steed, + But, ah! to ’scape he strove in vain. + +It was the knight Sir Thunye then + From his good courser bounded he; +He went up to the Dwarf’s daughter, + And took his seat beside her knee. + +“Hail to thee, Daughter of the Dwarf! + Do thou become my wedded wife, +And I’ll respect and honor thee, + All, all the days I gain in life. + +“Here sitt’st thou, Daughter of the Dwarf, + A rose amongst the lilies all; +No man can see thee in this world + But thee his own he fain would call.” + +“Now list to me, Sir Thunye the knight, + Give up, I beg, this amorous play; +I have already a bridegroom bold, + The King whom all the dwarfs obey. + +“My father sits within the hill, + He marshals there his elfin power; +Next Monday morn my bridegroom bold + Shall bear me to his elfin bower. + +“My mother in the hill doth sit, + And plays with gold that round is strewn; +But I stole away from out the hill, + To play upon my harp a tune.” + +“O ere the Dwarf shall thee possess, + And his shall be a bliss so high, +O I will lose my youthful life, + And break my faulchion willingly.” + +Then answered straight the Dwarf’s daughter, + And with a frown thus answered she: +“O thou may’st gain a lovelier bride, + But ne’er, Sir Knight, wilt thou gain me. + +“Now haste away, Sir Thunye the knight, + I rede thee for thy life take heed; +My father and my bold bridegroom + I ween will both be here with speed.” + +It was her mother, the Dwarf’s Lady, + She peeped from out the mountain’s side; +And she was aware of Sir Thunye there, + Standing beneath the linden wide. + +Out came her mother, the Dwarf’s Lady, + And anger shone upon her face: +“Now hear Wolfhilda, daughter mine, + But ill beseems thee such a place. + +“Thou’dst better sit within the hill, + And sew the linen white as snow, +Than come to strike the gold harp here, + Beneath the verdant forest bough. + +“The King of the Dwarfs has wedded thee. + Thy free consent he sought and won; +Yet thou hast dared Sir Thunye here + To chain with stroke of magic Rune.” + +It was the daughter of the Dwarf + Must weeping into the mountain flee; +Devoid of sense Sir Thunye went + Behind her, nor could hear nor see. + +But hear what did the wife of the Dwarf: + With silk so soft a stool she spread, +And there he sat till crow of cock, + As though he had been stark and dead. + +But hear what did the wife of the Dwarf: + The book of power forth she brought, +Therewith she broke the Runic thrall, + Wherein the hero had been caught. + +“Now have I freed thee from the Runes, + They never more can thee oppress: +This have I done for honor’s sake, + My daughter thee shall not possess. + +“Much more, Sir Knight, for thee I’ll do, + For sheer goodwill and affection pure; +I will for thee a bonnier bride + Than any elfin maid procure. + +“I was not born in this wild hill, + Of Christian folk I am the child; +An only sister I possess, + And she Dame Ermeline is stil’d. + +“She bears the crown in merry England, + The crown and queenly dignity; +Her daughter dear has stolen been, + For thus the tale was told to me. + +“Her daughter dear has stolen been, + She lieth now in strict durance; +To blessed Kirk she may not go, + And far, far less to merry dance. + +“She ne’er may out of the window look + Except to watch her women stand; +Nor play at tables with the King + Unless the Queen is close at hand. + +“Except the King, so aged and grey, + No earthly man she e’er has seen; +Each night her chamber door is locked, + And she who locks it is the Queen. + +“The Damsel’s named proud Ermeline, + She sits in Upsal sorrowing sore; +Whilst bolts of steel and iron bars + Make fast the Damsel’s chamber door. + +“The King he has a sister’s son, + And Allevod is the name he bears; +And he’s to wed the lovely maid + As soon as he the Kingdom heirs. + +“But I will give thee saddle and horse, + And golden spurs I will supply; +Thou ne’er shalt ride a path so wild + But thou shalt reach a hostelry. + +“And I will garments give to thee, + With gold adorned at the seam; +And I will give thee a ruddy shield, + Wherein the richest diamonds gleam. + +“And I will give thee a silken band, + With roses ’tis embroider’d all; +Whilst thou dost bear that girdle fair + No word thou say’st shall vainly fall.” + +Forth stepped the Daughter of the Dwarf, + For, ah! she loved the knight so dear: +“And I will give thee a faulchion good, + And I will give thee a polished spear. + +“Thou ne’er shalt ride through wood so wide + But thou shalt surely find the way; +And ne’er, Sir Knight, engage in fight + But victory thou shalt bear away. + +“Thou never, never shalt sail the sea + But in safety thou shalt come to land; +Thou never, never shalt wounded be, + I ween, by any human hand.” + +It was the proud Dame Thorelile, + The clear wine into the cup she pour’d: +“Now haste thee from the elfin hill, + Ere home arrive the elfin Lord.” + +Sir Thunye rides in the good green wood, + His spear it gleams so wide, so wide; +And soon he meets the Dwarf himself, + To his mountain home as the Dwarf would ride. + +“Well met, well met, Sir Thunye the Knight, + Thy horse he speeds right gallantly; +Say whither, whither dost thou ride? + On journey bound thou seemst to be.” + +“Riding to woo, Sir Dwarf, I am, + Riding to wed a beauteous lady; +To break a spear I do not fear, + For weal or woe alike I’m ready.” + +“Ride on thy way, Sir Thunye the Knight, + Nought else than peace thou shalt have from me; +In Upsal town a swain there lives + Will willingly break a lance with thee.” + +Sir Thunye rides in Sweden’s land, + Essay his fortune there would he; +And there he found nine stalwart knights, + Stood armed beneath the forest tree. + +Upon their heads their helms were placed, + Their good shields glittered before their breasts; +By their sides hung down their gilded swords, + And their spears hung ready within the rests. + +“Halloo, ye Swedish champions nine! + Say, will ye fight for honour now? +Or will ye fight for ruddy gold, + Or the ladies’ love for whom ye glow?” + +Then answered Allevod, the King’s son, + High rose the pride his heart within: +“Enough I have of honour and gold, + No more of either need I win.” + +“There sits a maid in Upsal town, + That maid is named proud Ermeline; +By lance we’ll settle whose shall be + That lovely maiden, mine or thine.” + +The first course that together they rode + So furious were that knightly twain +Asunder burst their shields of gold, + And their broken spears flew o’er the plain. + +But now the second course they ride, + And again they meet with a crash like thunder; +Sir Allevod fell from his gilded selle, + His sturdy neck-bone burst asunder. + +That vexed sore the Swedish knights, + Their leader’s fall they fain would wrake; +But fortune proved so stern and dour, + The good knight’s faulchion drove them back. + +It was then the Swedish knights + Their ruffled garb adjusted they; +And unto the hall, the regal hall, + To the Swedish King they took their way. + +“A Jutt is come to our land, Sir King, + Armed and dight in elfin way; +Of eight good knights the limbs he’s broke, + Who strove with him in battle fray. + +“Of eight good knights the limbs he broke, + Halt and lame they will aye remain; +And upon the sod lies Allevod, + Thy sister’s son by that Jotun slain.” + +Then answer made the ancient King, + Rending his hair so long and grey: +“With sable and mard I’ll them reward + Who dare this cursed Jutt to slay.” + +Forth rode the Swedish courtiers then, + To slay the Jutt so sure they made; +But soon from them the vaunt he drove, + Such heavy blows on their polls he laid. + +No sable and mard was their reward, + When they returned from the battle fray; +They must doff, I ween, their armour sheen, + And clothe them in the wadmal grey. + +That vexed the Swedish courtiers sore, + And in mournful guise they murmured out: +“In Sweden’s land lives none can stand + Against this wild and sturdy Jutt.” + +Sir Thunye he to Upsal rides, + Respect and honour attend his path; +The Swedish knights they held their peace, + And were only glad to escape his wrath. + +And he has broken the huge steel-bar, + And he the savage bears has slain; +And out he has led the lovely maid + Who long in dreary thrall had lain. + +“Now welcome be, Sir Thunye the Knight, + Unto this savage Swedish clime; +I say to thee in verity + I’ve sighed for thee a weary time. + +“When I was but a little child, + To me ’twas spaed that a knight should come +From foreign land, should Allevod slay, + And to England’s realm should bear me home. + +“I beg of thee, Sir Thunye the Knight, + That thou as a Knight by me wilt stand; +There liveth none beneath the sun, + To whom I’d sooner yield my hand.” + +Then answered amain Sir Thunye the Knight, + As he bowed his knee to the Lady fair; +“With heart and hand by thee to stand, + By the holy name of Christ I swear.” + +And so he took the lovely maid, + With her store of gold so ruddy of hue; +And to Denmark’s land he her conveyed, + Where a loving pair full soon they grew. + +He has carried her to his castle hall, + Like a blooming flower there she shone; +Rejoicéd all, both great and small, + In Alsey’s ancient town that wone. + +It was bold Sir Thunye the Knight, + His knightly faith so well kept he; +The next, next Monday morn he held + His bridal’s high festivity. + +’Twas noised about in merry England + The King’s lost daughter was found at last; +Rejoiced, I ween, the King and Queen, + And away for ever their grief they cast. + +The King a scroll to Sir Thunye sent, + Wishing him luck with his Ermeline; +And begged he’d come across the foam + That he to him might the crown resign. + +It was good Sir Thunye the Knight, + He spread on the yard his sails so wide; +And they arrived in the far England + In less, I’m told, than two months’ tide. + +It was good Sir Thunye the Knight, + He steered his vessel towards the strand; +And, lo! the ancient King and Queen + Were walking on the yellow sand. + +“Now welcome be Sir Thunye the Knight, + Thrice welcome be to this foreign strand; +Of England all the fair kingdom shall + Be subject to thy knightly hand.” + +So he the kingdom has resigned, + And he has crowned the knight of fame; +And dales and downs and England’s towns + Thus subject to the knight became. + +Now has Sir Thunye all achieved, + And now to joy may his heart resign; +He rules by day old England gay, + And sleeps at night with his Ermeline. + +A King more powerful there is none + Than he, the flower of chivalry; +The knights, they say, of Sweden pray + He never more their guest may be. + + + + +THE CUCKOO’S SONG IN MERION. +_From the Welsh of Lewis Morris_. + + +Though it has been my fate to see + Of gallant countries many a one; +Good ale, and those that drank it free, + And wine in streams that seemed to run; +The best of beer, the best of cheer, + Allotted are to Merion. + +The swarthy ox will drag his chain, + At man’s commandment that is done; +His furrow break through earth with pain, + Up hill and hillock toiling on; +Yet with more skill draw hearts at will + The maids of county Merion. + +Merry the life, it must be owned, + Upon the hills of Merion; +Though chill and drear the prospect round, + Delight and joy are not unknown; +O who would e’er expect to hear + ’Mid mountain bogs the cuckoo’s tone? + +O who display a mien full fair, + A wonder each to look upon? +And who in every household care + Defy compare below the sun? +And who make mad each sprightly lad? + The maids of county Merion. + +O fair the salmon in the flood, + That over golden sands doth run; +And fair the thrush in his abode, + That spreads his wings in gladsome fun; +More beauteous look, if truth be spoke, + The maids of county Merion. + +Dear to the little birdies wild + Their freedom in the forest lone; +Dear to the little sucking child + The nurse’s breast it hangs upon; +Though long I wait, I ne’er can state + How dear to me is Merion. + +Sweet in the house the Telyn’s {23} strings + In love and joy where kindred wone; +While each in turn a stanza sings, + No sordid themes e’er touched upon; +Full sweet in sound the hearth around + The maidens’ song of Merion. + +And though my body here it be + Travelling the countries up and down; +Tasting delights of land and sea, + True pleasure seems my heart to shun; +Alas! there’s need home, home to speed— + My soul it is in Merion. + + * * * * * + + LONDON + Printed for THOMAS J. 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Wise + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Ermeline + a ballad + + +Translator: George Borrow + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: October 6, 2008 [eBook #26791] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ERMELINE*** +</pre> +<p><a name="startoftext"></a></p> +<p>Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David +Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p> +<h1>ERMELINE<br /> +<span class="smcap">a ballad</span></h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">by</span><br /> +GEORGE BORROW</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +<span class="smcap">printed for private circulation</span></p> +<p style="text-align: center">1913</p> +<h2><!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +5</span>ERMELINE.</h2> +<p>With lance upraised so haughtily<br /> + Sir Thunye rides from Alsey town;<br /> +On land and main he was, I ween,<br /> + A daring knight of high renown.</p> +<p>Sir Thunye rides in good green wood,<br /> + He fain will chase the nimble hare;<br /> +And there he meeteth the Dwarf’s daughter,<br /> + All with her band of maidens fair.</p> +<p>Sir Thunye rides in good green wood,<br /> + To chase the nimble hart and hind;<br /> +And there he meets the Dwarf’s daughter,<br /> + Beneath the linden bough reclin’d.</p> +<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +6</span>She rested ’neath the linden’s shade,<br /> + The gold harp in her hand was seen:<br /> +“O yonder I spy Sir Thunye ride,<br /> + I’ll bring him to my feet, I ween.</p> +<p>“Now sit ye down, my maids so small,<br /> + And sit you down my little foot boy;<br /> +For I the Runic note will play,<br /> + Till field and meadow bloom with joy.”</p> +<p>Then struck she amain the Runic stroke,<br /> + The harp began so sweet to ring,<br /> +The wild bird on the twig that sat<br /> + Forgot its merry song to sing.</p> +<p>The wild bird on the bough that sat<br /> + Forgot its merry song to sing;<br /> +The wild hart running in the shaw<br /> + Forgot forthwith to leap and spring.</p> +<p>Then bloomed the mead, the bough burst forth,<br /> + As wildly rang that Runic strain;<br /> +Sir Thunye fiercely spurred his steed,<br /> + But, ah! to ’scape he strove in vain.</p> +<p><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>It was the knight Sir Thunye then<br /> + From his good courser bounded he;<br /> +He went up to the Dwarf’s daughter,<br /> + And took his seat beside her knee.</p> +<p>“Hail to thee, Daughter of the Dwarf!<br /> + Do thou become my wedded wife,<br /> +And I’ll respect and honor thee,<br /> + All, all the days I gain in life.</p> +<p>“Here sitt’st thou, Daughter of the Dwarf,<br /> + A rose amongst the lilies all;<br /> +No man can see thee in this world<br /> + But thee his own he fain would call.”</p> +<p>“Now list to me, Sir Thunye the knight,<br /> + Give up, I beg, this amorous play;<br /> +I have already a bridegroom bold,<br /> + The King whom all the dwarfs obey.</p> +<p>“My father sits within the hill,<br /> + He marshals there his elfin power;<br /> +Next Monday morn my bridegroom bold<br /> + Shall bear me to his elfin bower.</p> +<p><!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +8</span>“My mother in the hill doth sit,<br /> + And plays with gold that round is strewn;<br /> +But I stole away from out the hill,<br /> + To play upon my harp a tune.”</p> +<p>“O ere the Dwarf shall thee possess,<br /> + And his shall be a bliss so high,<br /> +O I will lose my youthful life,<br /> + And break my faulchion willingly.”</p> +<p>Then answered straight the Dwarf’s daughter,<br /> + And with a frown thus answered she:<br /> +“O thou may’st gain a lovelier bride,<br /> + But ne’er, Sir Knight, wilt thou gain me.</p> +<p>“Now haste away, Sir Thunye the knight,<br /> + I rede thee for thy life take heed;<br /> +My father and my bold bridegroom<br /> + I ween will both be here with speed.”</p> +<p>It was her mother, the Dwarf’s Lady,<br /> + She peeped from out the mountain’s side;<br /> +And she was aware of Sir Thunye there,<br /> + Standing beneath the linden wide.</p> +<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>Out came her mother, the Dwarf’s Lady,<br /> + And anger shone upon her face:<br /> +“Now hear Wolfhilda, daughter mine,<br /> + But ill beseems thee such a place.</p> +<p>“Thou’dst better sit within the hill,<br /> + And sew the linen white as snow,<br /> +Than come to strike the gold harp here,<br /> + Beneath the verdant forest bough.</p> +<p>“The King of the Dwarfs has wedded thee.<br /> + Thy free consent he sought and won;<br /> +Yet thou hast dared Sir Thunye here<br /> + To chain with stroke of magic Rune.”</p> +<p>It was the daughter of the Dwarf<br /> + Must weeping into the mountain flee;<br /> +Devoid of sense Sir Thunye went<br /> + Behind her, nor could hear nor see.</p> +<p>But hear what did the wife of the Dwarf:<br /> + With silk so soft a stool she spread,<br /> +And there he sat till crow of cock,<br /> + As though he had been stark and dead.</p> +<p><!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>But hear what did the wife of the Dwarf:<br /> + The book of power forth she brought,<br /> +Therewith she broke the Runic thrall,<br /> + Wherein the hero had been caught.</p> +<p>“Now have I freed thee from the Runes,<br /> + They never more can thee oppress:<br /> +This have I done for honor’s sake,<br /> + My daughter thee shall not possess.</p> +<p>“Much more, Sir Knight, for thee I’ll do,<br /> + For sheer goodwill and affection pure;<br /> +I will for thee a bonnier bride<br /> + Than any elfin maid procure.</p> +<p>“I was not born in this wild hill,<br /> + Of Christian folk I am the child;<br /> +An only sister I possess,<br /> + And she Dame Ermeline is stil’d.</p> +<p>“She bears the crown in merry England,<br /> + The crown and queenly dignity;<br /> +Her daughter dear has stolen been,<br /> + For thus the tale was told to me.</p> +<p><!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>“Her daughter dear has stolen been,<br /> + She lieth now in strict durance;<br /> +To blessed Kirk she may not go,<br /> + And far, far less to merry dance.</p> +<p>“She ne’er may out of the window look<br /> + Except to watch her women stand;<br /> +Nor play at tables with the King<br /> + Unless the Queen is close at hand.</p> +<p>“Except the King, so aged and grey,<br /> + No earthly man she e’er has seen;<br /> +Each night her chamber door is locked,<br /> + And she who locks it is the Queen.</p> +<p>“The Damsel’s named proud Ermeline,<br /> + She sits in Upsal sorrowing sore;<br /> +Whilst bolts of steel and iron bars<br /> + Make fast the Damsel’s chamber door.</p> +<p>“The King he has a sister’s son,<br /> + And Allevod is the name he bears;<br /> +And he’s to wed the lovely maid<br /> + As soon as he the Kingdom heirs.</p> +<p><!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>“But I will give thee saddle and horse,<br /> + And golden spurs I will supply;<br /> +Thou ne’er shalt ride a path so wild<br /> + But thou shalt reach a hostelry.</p> +<p>“And I will garments give to thee,<br /> + With gold adorned at the seam;<br /> +And I will give thee a ruddy shield,<br /> + Wherein the richest diamonds gleam.</p> +<p>“And I will give thee a silken band,<br /> + With roses ’tis embroider’d all;<br /> +Whilst thou dost bear that girdle fair<br /> + No word thou say’st shall vainly +fall.”</p> +<p>Forth stepped the Daughter of the Dwarf,<br /> + For, ah! she loved the knight so dear:<br /> +“And I will give thee a faulchion good,<br /> + And I will give thee a polished spear.</p> +<p>“Thou ne’er shalt ride through wood so wide<br /> + But thou shalt surely find the way;<br /> +And ne’er, Sir Knight, engage in fight<br /> + But victory thou shalt bear away.</p> +<p><!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>“Thou never, never shalt sail the sea<br /> + But in safety thou shalt come to land;<br /> +Thou never, never shalt wounded be,<br /> + I ween, by any human hand.”</p> +<p>It was the proud Dame Thorelile,<br /> + The clear wine into the cup she pour’d:<br /> +“Now haste thee from the elfin hill,<br /> + Ere home arrive the elfin Lord.”</p> +<p>Sir Thunye rides in the good green wood,<br /> + His spear it gleams so wide, so wide;<br /> +And soon he meets the Dwarf himself,<br /> + To his mountain home as the Dwarf would ride.</p> +<p>“Well met, well met, Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + Thy horse he speeds right gallantly;<br /> +Say whither, whither dost thou ride?<br /> + On journey bound thou seemst to be.”</p> +<p>“Riding to woo, Sir Dwarf, I am,<br /> + Riding to wed a beauteous lady;<br /> +To break a spear I do not fear,<br /> + For weal or woe alike I’m ready.”</p> +<p><!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +14</span>“Ride on thy way, Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + Nought else than peace thou shalt have from me;<br +/> +In Upsal town a swain there lives<br /> + Will willingly break a lance with thee.”</p> +<p>Sir Thunye rides in Sweden’s land,<br /> + Essay his fortune there would he;<br /> +And there he found nine stalwart knights,<br /> + Stood armed beneath the forest tree.</p> +<p>Upon their heads their helms were placed,<br /> + Their good shields glittered before their +breasts;<br /> +By their sides hung down their gilded swords,<br /> + And their spears hung ready within the rests.</p> +<p>“Halloo, ye Swedish champions nine!<br /> + Say, will ye fight for honour now?<br /> +Or will ye fight for ruddy gold,<br /> + Or the ladies’ love for whom ye +glow?”</p> +<p>Then answered Allevod, the King’s son,<br /> + High rose the pride his heart within:<br /> +“Enough I have of honour and gold,<br /> + No more of either need I win.”</p> +<p><!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +15</span>“There sits a maid in Upsal town,<br /> + That maid is named proud Ermeline;<br /> +By lance we’ll settle whose shall be<br /> + That lovely maiden, mine or thine.”</p> +<p>The first course that together they rode<br /> + So furious were that knightly twain<br /> +Asunder burst their shields of gold,<br /> + And their broken spears flew o’er the +plain.</p> +<p>But now the second course they ride,<br /> + And again they meet with a crash like thunder;<br /> +Sir Allevod fell from his gilded selle,<br /> + His sturdy neck-bone burst asunder.</p> +<p>That vexed sore the Swedish knights,<br /> + Their leader’s fall they fain would wrake;<br +/> +But fortune proved so stern and dour,<br /> + The good knight’s faulchion drove them +back.</p> +<p>It was then the Swedish knights<br /> + Their ruffled garb adjusted they;<br /> +And unto the hall, the regal hall,<br /> + To the Swedish King they took their way.</p> +<p><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +16</span>“A Jutt is come to our land, Sir King,<br /> + Armed and dight in elfin way;<br /> +Of eight good knights the limbs he’s broke,<br /> + Who strove with him in battle fray.</p> +<p>“Of eight good knights the limbs he broke,<br /> + Halt and lame they will aye remain;<br /> +And upon the sod lies Allevod,<br /> + Thy sister’s son by that Jotun +slain.”</p> +<p>Then answer made the ancient King,<br /> + Rending his hair so long and grey:<br /> +“With sable and mard I’ll them reward<br /> + Who dare this cursed Jutt to slay.”</p> +<p>Forth rode the Swedish courtiers then,<br /> + To slay the Jutt so sure they made;<br /> +But soon from them the vaunt he drove,<br /> + Such heavy blows on their polls he laid.</p> +<p>No sable and mard was their reward,<br /> + When they returned from the battle fray;<br /> +They must doff, I ween, their armour sheen,<br /> + And clothe them in the wadmal grey.</p> +<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +17</span>That vexed the Swedish courtiers sore,<br /> + And in mournful guise they murmured out:<br /> +“In Sweden’s land lives none can stand<br /> + Against this wild and sturdy Jutt.”</p> +<p>Sir Thunye he to Upsal rides,<br /> + Respect and honour attend his path;<br /> +The Swedish knights they held their peace,<br /> + And were only glad to escape his wrath.</p> +<p>And he has broken the huge steel-bar,<br /> + And he the savage bears has slain;<br /> +And out he has led the lovely maid<br /> + Who long in dreary thrall had lain.</p> +<p>“Now welcome be, Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + Unto this savage Swedish clime;<br /> +I say to thee in verity<br /> + I’ve sighed for thee a weary time.</p> +<p>“When I was but a little child,<br /> + To me ’twas spaed that a knight should come<br +/> +From foreign land, should Allevod slay,<br /> + And to England’s realm should bear me +home.</p> +<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>“I beg of thee, Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + That thou as a Knight by me wilt stand;<br /> +There liveth none beneath the sun,<br /> + To whom I’d sooner yield my hand.”</p> +<p>Then answered amain Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + As he bowed his knee to the Lady fair;<br /> +“With heart and hand by thee to stand,<br /> + By the holy name of Christ I swear.”</p> +<p>And so he took the lovely maid,<br /> + With her store of gold so ruddy of hue;<br /> +And to Denmark’s land he her conveyed,<br /> + Where a loving pair full soon they grew.</p> +<p>He has carried her to his castle hall,<br /> + Like a blooming flower there she shone;<br /> +Rejoicéd all, both great and small,<br /> + In Alsey’s ancient town that wone.</p> +<p>It was bold Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + His knightly faith so well kept he;<br /> +The next, next Monday morn he held<br /> + His bridal’s high festivity.</p> +<p><!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>’Twas noised about in merry England<br /> + The King’s lost daughter was found at last;<br +/> +Rejoiced, I ween, the King and Queen,<br /> + And away for ever their grief they cast.</p> +<p>The King a scroll to Sir Thunye sent,<br /> + Wishing him luck with his Ermeline;<br /> +And begged he’d come across the foam<br /> + That he to him might the crown resign.</p> +<p>It was good Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + He spread on the yard his sails so wide;<br /> +And they arrived in the far England<br /> + In less, I’m told, than two months’ +tide.</p> +<p>It was good Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + He steered his vessel towards the strand;<br /> +And, lo! the ancient King and Queen<br /> + Were walking on the yellow sand.</p> +<p>“Now welcome be Sir Thunye the Knight,<br /> + Thrice welcome be to this foreign strand;<br /> +Of England all the fair kingdom shall<br /> + Be subject to thy knightly hand.”</p> +<p><!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +20</span>So he the kingdom has resigned,<br /> + And he has crowned the knight of fame;<br /> +And dales and downs and England’s towns<br /> + Thus subject to the knight became.</p> +<p>Now has Sir Thunye all achieved,<br /> + And now to joy may his heart resign;<br /> +He rules by day old England gay,<br /> + And sleeps at night with his Ermeline.</p> +<p>A King more powerful there is none<br /> + Than he, the flower of chivalry;<br /> +The knights, they say, of Sweden pray<br /> + He never more their guest may be.</p> +<h2><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>THE CUCKOO’S SONG IN MERION.<br /> +<i>From the Welsh of Lewis Morris</i>.</h2> +<p>Though it has been my fate to see<br /> + Of gallant countries many a one;<br /> +Good ale, and those that drank it free,<br /> + And wine in streams that seemed to run;<br /> +The best of beer, the best of cheer,<br /> + Allotted are to Merion.</p> +<p>The swarthy ox will drag his chain,<br /> + At man’s commandment that is done;<br /> +His furrow break through earth with pain,<br /> + Up hill and hillock toiling on;<br /> +Yet with more skill draw hearts at will<br /> + The maids of county Merion.</p> +<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +22</span>Merry the life, it must be owned,<br /> + Upon the hills of Merion;<br /> +Though chill and drear the prospect round,<br /> + Delight and joy are not unknown;<br /> +O who would e’er expect to hear<br /> + ’Mid mountain bogs the cuckoo’s +tone?</p> +<p>O who display a mien full fair,<br /> + A wonder each to look upon?<br /> +And who in every household care<br /> + Defy compare below the sun?<br /> +And who make mad each sprightly lad?<br /> + The maids of county Merion.</p> +<p>O fair the salmon in the flood,<br /> + That over golden sands doth run;<br /> +And fair the thrush in his abode,<br /> + That spreads his wings in gladsome fun;<br /> +More beauteous look, if truth be spoke,<br /> + The maids of county Merion.</p> +<p><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>Dear to the little birdies wild<br /> + Their freedom in the forest lone;<br /> +Dear to the little sucking child<br /> + The nurse’s breast it hangs upon;<br /> +Though long I wait, I ne’er can state<br /> + How dear to me is Merion.</p> +<p>Sweet in the house the Telyn’s <a +name="citation23"></a><a href="#footnote23" +class="citation">[23]</a> strings<br /> + In love and joy where kindred wone;<br /> +While each in turn a stanza sings,<br /> + No sordid themes e’er touched upon;<br /> +Full sweet in sound the hearth around<br /> + The maidens’ song of Merion.</p> +<p>And though my body here it be<br /> + Travelling the countries up and down;<br /> +Tasting delights of land and sea,<br /> + True pleasure seems my heart to shun;<br /> +Alas! there’s need home, home to speed—<br /> + My soul it is in Merion.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 24--><a +name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span><span +class="smcap">London</span><br /> +Printed for THOMAS J. 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