...clumsy ; so that though he recovers himself in the final line, the general effect is much damaged : ' Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array. The thunder- clouds close o'er it, which when rent, The earth is covered...

...were almost forced from him despite his will by the spirit of poetry : ' Last noon beheld them lull of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly...The morn the marshalling in arms ; the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it.1 Never, indeed, was there a better theme...

...full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, The morn, the marshalling in arms — the...thunder-clouds close o'er it, which, when rent. The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse, —...

...instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshaling in anus, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er...

...fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse,—...

...the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. ' Last noon beheld them lull of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly...thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse, —...

...liery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently -stern army ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered...

...Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heap'd and pent, Rider and horse, — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent ! XXIX. Their praise is hymn'd by loftier...

...foe «• And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them foil of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly...morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently- stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is cover'd...

...Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The mom the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magniGcenlly-stern array ! The thunder-clouds close...