Certes, she spoke with meaning leer, And ladies smiled her words to hear. And scarce had Sleep, with throb and sigh, Outspread his shadowy canopy, In Carlisle drank the potent wine, Some strove the land of thought to win, And oft was heard the broken sigh, The half-formed prayer, and smothered cry; So much the minds of old and young Were moved by what the minstrels sung. What Lady Gordon did or said Could not be learned from lady's maid, And Huntly swore and shook his head. But she and all her buskined train Appeared not at the Wake again. END OF NIGHT THE SECOND. |