He tended him like welcome guest, Then thus his further speech address'd. A clans-man born, a kinsman true; It rests with me to wind my horn,- Guidance and rest, and food and fire, Then rest thee here till dawn of day; O'er stock and stone, through watch and ward, Till past Clan-Alpine's outmost guard, As far as Coilantogle's ford; From thence thy warrant is thy sword.”— As freely as 'tis nobly given!"— With that he shook the gather'd heath, END OF CANTO FOURTH. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. CANTO FIFTH. The Combat. I. FAIR as the earliest beam of eastern light, And silvers o'er the torrent's foaming tide, Shine martial Faith, and Courtesy's bright star, Through all the wreckful storms that cloud the brow of War. |