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