The Bijou;
or Annual of Literature and the Arts
compiled by William Fraser
London: William Pickering,
1828
pp. pp. 29-30
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 |
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 |