"Fare thee well, fare thee well! See, I have been to the sweetest bowers, And culled from garden and from heath The tenderest of all tender flowers, The violet and the blue harebell, And one frail rose in its earliest bloom; To weep and wither there! Fare ye well, fare ye well! Sieep, sleep, my love, in fragrant shade, Droop, droop to-night, thou blushing token; A fairer flower shall never fade, Nor a fonder heart be broken!" THE LEGEND OF THE TEUFEL-HAUS. THE way was lone, and the hour was late, Poor youth, of a woman's broken vow, Of the cup dashed down, ere the wine was tasted, Of eloquent speeches sadly wasted, Of a gallant heart all burnt to ashes, And the Baron of Katzberg's long mustaches. Make men extremely deaf and blind. At last he opened his great blue eyes, Found that his hunter had turned his back, And now was threading a forest hoar, "By Cæsar's head," Sir Rudolph said, If I to-night should make my bed Now, for thy sake, good roan, I would we were beneath a roof, Were it the foul fiend's own!" Ere the tongue could rest, ere the lips could close, It was not the scream of a merry boy Nor the roar of a Yorkshire clown ;—oh, no! Half uttered, perhaps, and stifled half, Such as my uncle Peter's are, When he tells you his tales of Dr. Parr. With something of marvel, and more of fright: But brighter gleamed his anxious eye, When a light shone out from a hill hard by. As Mrs. Maquill's delighted lad, When he turns away from the Pleas of the Crown, And flies, at last, from all the mysteries For Mrs. Camac's in Mansfield Street. At a lofty gate Sir Rudolph halted; Down from his seat Sir Rudolph vaulted: And he blew a blast with might and main, On the bugle that hung by an iron chain. The sound called up a score of sounds;— The screeching of owls, and the baying of hounds, The hollow toll of the turret bell, The call of the watchful sentinel, And a groan at last, like a peal of thunder, And said, "You're just in time for supper!" And placed him next to the castle's lord. He looked around with a hurried glance: You may ride from the border to fair Penzance, Find such a group of ruffian faces As thronged that chamber: some were talking And some were drunk, and some were dreaming, He thought, as he gazed on the fearful crew, That the lamps that burned on the walls burned blue. To cheer his heart, and to charm his eyes; The knight looked down, and the knight looked up, "Ho, ho," said his host with angry brow, "I wot our guest is fine; For such nice taste as thine : Yet trust me I have cooked the food, Since I have lived in this old wood, But ere he taste, it is fit he ask For a blessing on bowl and meat. |