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His following and his warlike fame.
Which high o'erlooked the crowded street;
Till past the hour.html">hour of vesper tide,
Such was the king's behest.
A banquet rich, and costly wines,
And when the appointed hour succeeds,
And following Lindesay as he leads,
That night.html">night with wassail, mirth, and glee:
Feasted the chiefs of Scotland's power.html">power,
For he had charged that his array
Well loved that splendid monarch.html">monarch aye
By day the tourney, and by night
The maskers quaint, the pageant bright,
This feast outshone his banquets past:
The dazzling lamps, from gallery gay,
Here to the harp did minstrels sing;
With long-eared cap and motley vest
His magic tricks the juggler plied;
While some, in close recess apart,
Nor courted them in vain;
Victorious Love asserts his power
And flinty is her heart, can view
Can hear, perchance, his last adieu,
The King to greet Lord Marmion came,
An easy task it was, I trow,
Although, his courtesy to show,
His broidered cap and plume.
His cloak, of crimson velvet piled.
His vest of changeful satin sheen
His gorgeous collar hung adown,
The thistle brave, of old renown;
Descended from a baldric bright:
His spurs inlaid of gold and steel;
Was buttoned with a ruby rare:
A prince of such a noble mien.
IX.
The monarch's form was middle size:
Shaped in proportion fair;
And auburn of the darkest dye
Light was his footstep in the dance,
And, oh! he had that merry glance
Lightly from fair to fair he flew,
Suit lightly won and short-lived pain,
I said he joyed in banquet bower;
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