...glorious stanzas on Waterloo were almost forced from him despite his will by the spirit of poetry : ' Last noon beheld them lull of lusty life, Last eve...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...

...recovers himself in the final line, the general effect is much damaged : ' Last noon beheld them full 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 covered...

...with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war. ********** " Last noon beheld them 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 day Battle's magnificently-stern...

...thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly...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...

...rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly...heaped and pent, Rider and horse,— friend, foe,— m one red burial blent ! LINES LINES Written in a Choultry, »ttuate in a very desert Tract, by Captain...

...rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly...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...

...the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them 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 day Battle's magnificently- stern...

...rolling on the foe And burning with high hope , shall moulder cold and law. Last noon beheld them 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 day Battle's magnificently - stern...

...morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battles' magnificently stern array: The thunder clouds dose o'er it, which when rent, The earth is covered thick with other elay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse, — friend, foe, — in one...

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