Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-27
AY MORNING, JUNE %, 1879.


And an .a srrr'i Well TAR queen, n'gh in thy
Inc MASSIVE portals close anISiu. ih what change
Is seem
\ fond, drspairiag woman hpN Incomes that
glorious queen.
In tears she falls upon his neck VITA wild and plain
tive cry
30 Chatelct, INV honniest KNIGHT WouId God thou
Inlghtst not die
| | may not save this golden heal from yon dark
ruthless band,
whom in mockery they call the lady ol the Land.
Thou hast my warrant for repricve-;hey know II
hot, hut when
| They md II in Thy hand 1t last those hercc and
bloody men
lis parchment were hut feeble fence against their
dagger's steel
And they will slay thee in nv sight-lye. even
though knee
Their queen, dust before tnrir feet in dust like
any slave.
And plead with tears for thy poor life, that life
| cannot save.
| But tell me. tell me-knowes, thcu not some last
and desperate chance
To save from shame In Scottish land cheyalier OF
France"
The soldier Looked upon the lueen-hi4 glance was
| calm and high
The steady light Of ehivary was burning in his eye.
TAX not OF shame though love haIh mllea forfeit
of this head,
| For shame shall moi com, nigh the name OF
Chateet," he said.
The martyr Tor his faith his shrine, his living hope
OF Heaven.
Dies AT the stake, and unto ham rlDIys aurrOlr
given.
NV faith, my saint NV shrine ant thou-Iny hope Of
And when fall, iall for thee o aiz OF the land.
Bal tAou sweet friend and PLAYMATE oil my chilli
Thou star that since hast lighted all my Young HES
errani ways
BY all the precious moments that W. two have
snaiched from time
While side hy side our lives flowed on beneath a
1airrr Cline
By all the golden mempri,. tl4af liz between us
twain,
I charge thee, nine only Love. LIT rae not dig IN
See TO it that when l am gone, M man hy any
chance
MAY eyer name to thy rerroach tiy chevallcr OF
France.
Then dash away these icll-tale drops. and pitifu.
With gems more pure the orcu; pearls that cling
about thy neck
Call to thine aid the lofty souls OF BTUcs glorious
By virtue of whose engly blood thou ar, queen
divine.
And go then forth at set OF SHE upon tiny I,alirey
white
With all thy train to see the doom OF that p:e-um
tuous knight.
whn,having braVed thy queealy power. transgresseI
THIS high command.
Dies for his great offence 49,. o lady OF the
land
"a queen diyine-iieaven PITY me She sank upon
"a sovereign Of a bitter realm queen OF lips tha;
moan,
pitful poor pictured queen, sci up for grievous
sport
Above a herd OF titled rhmls base AMI bloody
sort.
And shall they hush those Singing lips, quench ont
that glorious eye
And shall fnr their delight, nv sol,lier-poet
die:
Nay, rather with thee 10 The block this day wall
advance
And Law this poor head with tame own, nv cheyaer
OF France.
\ M, ....-,., , -, .., 4. ,.u.. ,,i,.t
her tenderly.
MY queen" he SAID where Is the heat thou
hid'st at Corrchie,
When on the heights saw thee stand AMI draw
delightful breath,
While III the fiery ilay below Thy knights role on to
death.
Ave, laughing To their death rode they, for honor
unto thee.
Now what was granted thn.e brave hearts deny hot
thou to me.
This way lies honor, that way shame; join THAI
gallant hand
Who Raily gave their lives Ia grace the laly al the
land
The knight prevailed On yJnder HELD Just ere the
| tlay was done
| The hea.lsnan with the block and aNr stood grim
before the sun.
And colder than the winter SNOW, like carven stat
white
| The queen appeared Among her tram II that
awful sight.
And when the guar,l-mcn ed Inn foith with gives
upon his wrist,
They might have Thought she knew HIM not 81
lightly did she list.
And there, her eyes bent him with Il cold uu-
wavering glance,
They slew him i'll his golden youih, the chcvllier of
France.