Marmion by Sir Walter Scott

Author:Sir Walter Scott [Scott, Walter, Sir]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Great Britain -- History -- Battle of Flodden, 1513 -- Poetry
Published: 2003-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

CANTO FOURTH.—THE CAMP.

I.

Eustace, I said, did blithely mark

The first notes of the merry lark.

The lark sang shrill, the cock he crew,

And loudly Marmion's bugles blew,

And with their light and lively call,

Brought groom and yeoman to the stall.

Whistling they came, and free of heart,

But soon their mood was changed;

Complaint was heard on every part,

Of something disarranged.

Some clamoured loud for armour lost;

Some brawled and wrangled with the host;

"By Becket's bones," cried one, "I fear

That some false Scot has stol'n my spear!"

Young Blount, Lord Marmion's second squire,

Found his steed wet with sweat and mire;

Although the rated horse-boy sware,

Last night he dressed him sleek and fair.

While chafed the impatient squire like thunder,

Old Hubert shouts, in fear and wonder,

"Help, gentle Blount! help, comrades all!

Bevis lies dying in his stall:

To Marmion who the plight dare tell,

Of the good steed he loves so well?"

Gaping for fear and ruth, they saw

The charger panting on his straw;

Till one who would seem wisest, cried,

"What else but evil could betide,

With that cursed Palmer for our guide?

Better we had through mire and bush

Been lantern-led by Friar Rush."

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