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Then will I seek the dreary mound That wrapt thy mouldering clay, And weep and linger on the ground, And sigh my heart away. 40 LINES ON THE CAMP HILL NEAR HASTINGS (Written for The Metropolitan in 1831) IN the deep blue of eve. Ere the twinkling of stars had begun, Or the lark took his leave Of the skies and the sweet setting sun, I climbed to yon heights Where the Norman encamped him of old With his bowmen and knights And his banner all burnished with gold. At the Conqueror's side There his m...instrelsy sat harp in hand In pavilion wide ; And they chanted the deeds of Roland. Still the ramparted ground With a vision my fancy inspires, And I hear the trump sound As it marshalled our chivalry's sires. 174 HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY On each turf of that mead Stood the captors of England's domains That ennobled her breed And high-mettled the blood of her veins. Over hauberk and helm As the sun's setting splendour was thrown, Thence they looked o'er a realm And to-morrow beheld it their own.
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