BOOK II


CONTENTS OF BOOK II.

Henry the Fifth.--Morning on the Water.--Landoga.--Ballad, "The Maid of
Landoga."--Tintern Abbey.--Wind-Cliff.--Arrival at Chepstow.--Persfield.--
Ballad, "Morris of Persfield."--View from Wind-Cliff.--Chepstow Castle by
Moonlight.


BOOK II.


HARRY of MONMOUTH, o'er thy page,
Great chieftain of a daring age,
The stripling soldier burns to see
The spot of thy nativity;
His ardent fancy can restore
Thy castle's turrets, now no more;
See the tall plumes of victory wave,
And call old valour from the grave;
Twang the strong bow, and point the lance,
That pierc'd the shatter'd hosts of France,
When Europe, in the days of yore,
Shook at the rampant lion's roar.

Ten hours were all we could command;
The Boat was moor'd upon the strand,