The Bijou;
or Annual of Literature and the Arts
compiled by William Fraser
London: William Pickering,
1828
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| 1. | 1 |
| STAYED is the war- horse in his strength, | 2 |
| Broke is the barbed arrow, | 3 |
| The spell has conquered on Nithside, | 4 |
| Which won of yore on Yarrow. | 5 |
| O did he bear a charmed sword | 6 |
| That for no mail would tarry, | 7 |
| And on his youthful head a helm | 8 |
| Was forged in land of fairy. | 9 |
| Did Saxon shaft and war axe dint | 10 |
| Fall on charm's mail and elfin flint? | 11 |
| 2. | 12 |
| His spell was valour, and he came | 13 |
| When warrior's hearts were coldest, | 14 |
| And poured his fire through peasant's souls, | 15 |
| And led and ruled the boldest. | 16 |
| He with flushed brow, and flashing eyes, | 17 |
| And right arm bare and gory, | 18 |
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| Rushed reeking o'er the lives of men, | 19 |
| And turned our shame to glory. | 20 |
| A hero's soul was his, and higher | 21 |
| The minstrel's love, and poet's fire. | 22 |
| 3. | 23 |
| Seek for a dark and down cast eye, | 24 |
| A glance 'mongst men the mildest, | 25 |
| Seek for a bearing haught and high | 26 |
| Can daunt and awe the wildest. | 27 |
| Seek one whose soul is tenderness | 28 |
| Is steeped — who to the lyre | 29 |
| Can pour out song as fast and bright | 30 |
| As heaven can pour its fire. | 31 |
| Seek him, and when thou find'st him, kneel, | 32 |
| Though thou hadst gold spurs on thy heel. | 33 |
from The Bijou, 1828, pp. 29-30 |
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