...lay down to rest With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred. V. T^n squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten. Thirty steeds, both fleet...

...to rest With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; 316 • They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.' " I would certainly have attempted to follow these gentlemen, had I not presently been attracted by...

...down to rest, With corselet laced, Pillowed on huckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet harred. V. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mailclad men, Waited the heck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds,...

...lay down to rest tVith corslets laced Pillow' d on buckler cold and hard ; Shey carved at meal With gloves of Steel . And they drank the red wine, through the helmet barred. Der Abend iß gekommen , das Mahl vorüber, Ruhe herrfcht in der Fehdegerüßeten Burg. Die Burgfrau...

...the very roughness and primitive artlessness of their society, and when They carved at the meal With gloves of steel. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. TO A MUTTON CHOP. BY JAMES KENNEY, ESQ. DEAR little, modest, modicum, Of food for modest bard,...

...down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal, With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. V. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail-clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds,...

...lay down to rest Wiih corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard; They carved at the meal In gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mail clad men, Waited the beck of the warders ten ; Thirty steeds...

...down to rest, With corselet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through...barred. V. Ten squires, ten yeomen, mailclad men, Wailed the beck of the warders ten; Thirty steeds, both fleet and wight, Stood saddled in stable day...

...Wee cannot eat with mailed hand, *Nor drink through helmet's barre. * They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. i " I wist not Avhere I now may find A champion stronge and tall, Before...

...lead the thoughts involuntarily to the iron character of the times : " They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred." The draw-bridge, the fosse, and the battlements, all speak of danger without, and of courage and selfreliance...