Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various
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page 84 of 336 (25%)
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The shape the mightier Dragon, shows--
From Man to Monster all the while-- The alternate wonder glancing goes. Shout thousands, with a single voice, "Behold the Dragon, and rejoice, Safe roves the herd, and safe the swain! Lo!--there the Slayer--here the Slain! Full many a breast, a gallant life, Has waged against the ghastly strife, And ne'er return'd to mortal sight-- Hurrah, then, for the Hero Knight!" So to the Cloister, where the vow'd And peerless Brethren of St John In conclave sit--that sea-like crowd, Wave upon wave, goes thundering on. High o'er the rest, the chief is seen-- There wends the Knight with modest mien; Pours through the galleries raised for all Above that Hero-council Hall, The crowd--And thus the Victor One:-- "Prince--the knight's duty I have done. The Dragon that devour'd the land Lies slain beneath thy servant's hand; Free, o'er the pasture, rove the flocks-- And free the idler's steps may stray-- And freely o'er the lonely rocks, The holier pilgrim wends his way!" |
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