CONTENTS. Ellen Irwin, or the Braes of Kirtle Strange Fits of Passion I have known, &c, She dwelt among th' untrodden ways, &c. A slumber did my spirit seal, &c. The Waterfall and the Eglantine The Oak and the Broom, a Pastoral Inscription for the Spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-Water Lines written with a Pencil upon a stone in the Lines written when sailing in a Boat at Evening Remembrance of Collins, written upon the The Two Thieves, or the last stage of Avarice न HART-LEAP WELL. Hart-Leap Well is a small spring of water, about five miles from Richmond in Yorkshire, and near the side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg. Its name is derived from a remarkable Chace, the memory of which is preserved by the monuments spoken of in the second Part of the following Poem, which monuments do now exist as I have there described them. The Knight had ridden down from Wensley moor He turn'd aside towards a Vassal's door, Bring another Horse!" he cried aloud. "Another Horse !"-That shout the Vassal heard, And saddled his best steed, a comely Grey; Sir Walter mounted him; he was the third Joy sparkled in the prancing Courser's eyes ; A rout this morning left Sir Walter's Hall, Sir Walter, restless as a veering wind, The Knight halloo'd, he chid and cheer'd them on With suppliant gestures and upbraidings stern; But breath and eye-sight fail; and, one by one, The Dogs are stretch'd among the mountain fern. Where is the throng, the tumult of the race? -This Chase it looks not like an earthly Chase; Sir Walter and the Hart are left alone. The poor Hart toils along the mountain side; I will not stop to tell how far he fled, Nor will I mention by what death he died; Dismounting then, he lean'd against a thorn; He had no follower, Dog, nor Man, nor Boy: He neither smak'd his whip, nor blew his horn, But gaz'd upon the spoil with silent joy. Close to the thorn on which Sir Walter lean'd, Stood his dumb partner in this glorious act; Weak as a lamb the hour that it is yean'd, And foaming like a mountain cataract. |