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leiilp No. '27, of Vol 2.] ROSTON-- FRIIUY, APRIL 1n irrj 23, 1813. Wne HiI 5 i\ vi it I |o ihe "-retell al w Inno hiln-il fiub'liioi 't is ItCM -brer di uncut scattered as be came, rn/iK ? . i.ci i .. an r * v p 1. 1 i » Miscellaneous. ROKEIIY. [-V thfl to gain noeeu to the castle, ami to leave open some avenue for the entrance of the band of robbers. The rrtpreit pf siory then goes back, and formed of the early history of we are pui'iraUy inRedmond O'Neale \can vt thei* niisu-ess, nnd the n the hail to tnkc whole parly was culerU»in*d by tongs, accompanied by ihe harp, from Edtmui'l, Wilfrid, and Muil.l*. 1 [gneri discos rj of the plnti !;: received < leitw 11 In- which filled Backward thev him with rent dismay. H- loot: -- The interesting -itnaiion oi M.-tihla, i),.. paiuoi of her tome friends, we have Iieen in- duced io republish ihnt part of the narrative of Nft Sen (··»'» new poem, which appeared Inst week--omt any merit to nor sketch, but that thfo interesting rtorj may he nwMnlcd to attr readers conbecause Ifeer* il liy He had been nurtured until be was a few years of age Im grandfather, O'Nenlc, an Irish chieftain, who, ermsennence of his contests with I above all, her ejtyiujlie beauty, puefry and music, and which he thought resembled a (hl-Rler rWpn Of hit fancy, wrnugbl IDCtl ike (vulva befure (h* levin ftarne, their bowling conclave dricen, Hath glanced the thnnriei boll "f heaven. D erlrt jn rushed on but llxrpnol l-.-|.'i| aatde to obtain bii advice, When, 'mid lli- " And ihut apnrl his b '<"! hrokc, -- 1 in lie English, and « e" 1 ' ' "['"" till ( |.,, mind of V rmily F..1- able ihe mperroriiy they had acquired over hhn, was for no lunger to retain his possessions, or to proude his mnnd, that after a rontcat bel vcen tl, with which he regarded his skill in e Mtkstf deception, 1 nectedly in one slow. i» the nature pr-ir. We do not <"«' of »*«"rf)?«·· i ":) !.;". ] "i '" promise "": remarki »ny *»U «Pfuture teiwir* nnd inclina- defendants. treated In the v^ily part of their lives, ltnke- Whcibw htvti M»nl.a". had Ud both ' ' hi. prisoner* He *b*\«\ and bis remorse for the bttsencs* of Itched i-»K*t;,'U, he deeply rejrretltsl In1 in r . 1 . i . 1 a n . L .,., kiiec, although in death he gnsp'd, His tailing corpse before him flung, And r.iiind ihe trammelled ruffian clung. Just then, the soldiers filled the dome. Anil, shouting, charged ihe felons home Sn fiercely, il.m, in panic dread, 'I hey ..,..1., ,!,. . . While wiili 1 gnaatty -md. he ·, " -'" As, in the pageants Oft hf llo^ej The dew! awake in this tfibl -.^- , Mortham, whom nil men Itemed deci In hi 1 own deadly snnre 10 bleed, Slain by a bravo, nbam, o'er ten. He trained In aid in miiriht'i h,g me. -- i eeit ,'...:,... Mortham ;...." lir.s '-<-'(ie>l ; tin -, , .,,! tion The 11)44, scene of lliis poem is in one of tlie northern is counties of England, ami the dale of the orentB in them kindly, and in sent ) mmg Itcdfriendship which then took rise, he letters and muml, in charge of a faithful servant, with Mortharn.und in case family jewels, to' he delivered to servant wnsatt.neked of his absenc-, to Rokehy. The by whom he by robbers near the close of his journey, consequence of a derlaken the ruin of so rttnoh liveliiieO But lie hi; re- pentance came loo nt lute. Bertram and his parly had I ready sileully stolen within the castle, at ; had seen aftern grant Imtilc gained Uy Cromwell over tlie adherents of Charles thy First, or the royal party. by thc r passing shadows, and fearing that an alarm would bill precipitate Ihe danger, he judged il prudent Bertram's slum voice 'hey heed no more, Tbnngb. heard Above the battle's nw, While, trampling down the dying man, " He" strove, wiih volled threat and ban, In scorn of odds, in fate's dcsplie, To Here, with an eterrnthiu IVtt, Beitram leaped up, and paced the call; "Thine awn gray he.nl, nr bosom dark," He muttered, " may he direr mark I" Then sate, and signed to E hound, pale rally up the de:p. rate light. Oswald WrcLiri-K, one ol" lite Icrs. principal charac had n»t few actively engaged in the furious civil wars *hich fhen fleanlntctl the kingdom, but be hud de(hem he c-lured on Ihe side or the commons, and for He was n man of cool dissimulation, held his mule. impelled solely by motives of avarice and ambition, noil His Tilunrestrained by moral or religion* principle. was able, however, was plundered and wounded. He Castle, where he to escape with the child to Rokeby to declare from lefl enough strength life and had only merely to abstain from giving the " signal stmiu" which find Iweij oonoevled between him and the rubbers, anil 10 trust to the arrival of Wilfrid's guard, "Soon murkier clouds the hall enfold, Than ere from batile-thunders rolled So dense, the combatants scarce know ; With (error, to resume hi-i tale. "Wyelifr urenton:-- 'Mark with «hat Of wilde red, reverie hu writes." Mights To aim or lo avoid the bin w. fight By was this letter whom he was ; scut. At ltokeby Castle Redmond was his which he bad learned WW momently especled, But hopes were thus defeated* After be had conclud- Smothering end blindfold grow* the But soon shall dawn a dismal light "Slid cries, and clashing arms, there 'I living, Worth am apprised Oswald that he but promised lo depart to some foreign ill country, leaving his lands and honours ihi posses- educated and being possessed, at first, of every youthaccomplishful gVace, and afterwards of every manly ed a song, came sion of Oswald, upon condition he hollow sound of rushing Hame; tliBt his inn, whom id this " Harper Matilda ! melhinki thy magic lays," ment and virtue, it will easily my ins of the mean, timid cast ...jrfiew The scene opens with between him and Bertram Rising- yielding his heart to Matilda, he perceived, that in the playmate of hia is almost sufficiently described ii am, whose character hv apprising the reader that lie was one of the ferowell known hy tlie cious, scn-himditti of that age, so received childhood, and companion of his youth, he hers in return. When, however, the lovely maiden had arrived at an age to understand the nature of her said, " can goblins raise ! Well nigh my fancy can discern, Near Ihe dark porch, a visage Item' E'en now, I in yonder shadowy nook see A if-- Redmond, Wilfrid, lonk!-- human form distinct and clear ' horrors on Ihe tuniul' dire Arise Ihe CJ.stle is on fire Doubifnl, if chance had oast, the brand. Or frantic Bertram's desperate hand. Matilda saw for frctpient broke From the dim casements gusts of smoke. Yon lower, which late so clear defined New unhappy hint father supposed to lute been ra*tihed villain to -- font be re- by the whom he wrote, si -- It also appeared by the letter that it was Oswald Wyclilfe who had caused the murder of Mori tham's wife, and the destruction of his hippiuess. stored. Wyclifto truly informed Denzil lhal he was ignorant of the child's restore fate, mme of buccaneers. In addition to Hie profligacy of roords, the sanguinary temper, and ferocious courage of that liaring race, be had torn? thing of that wild necessary to substitute endeara coy but conscious reserve to the unrestrained ments of infaniinc simplicity. IIer/n>nrfi/n> and gmtestimoliludc for Wilfrid were manifested by open own sensations, she thought it thy mercy It draw a near!" loo true. Stride after stride, 1 he centre of that chamber wide Fierce Bertram gained; then made a stand. Anil, proudly waving with his hand. t.'od, for -- On She saw mnonnmmilv winch nnd in real of a superior hut irregular character, nials of her regard ; her love fnr Redmond was to be Thundered " Be still, upon your lives! He bleeds who speaks, he dies who stri-es." Behind their chief, the robber crew forth from ihe darkened portal drew, In silence -- in fictitious narrative Hfesometimw»4Uoiig1i wolelitwe wrely, too olten, is found untied inferred from involuntary hut unfailing signs. Matilda is made to relate to Wilfrid and Redmond with the moat strongly and ntrocity. From the conversation between Otwald marked features of violence Io opthe precedent history of her uncle MorlhaitV. position to a father's wishes, be had secretly married -- save that echo dread tread. Returned their heavy measured and Bertram we learn that the hitter, at tlie request u' Dftaald. bail undertaken the muftlier of I'kilip MonTHAil, a nobleman to whom Oswald was next was onthutiasfically attached, and as her CQUntty and religious creed were different from A bra o*n, he hid thought jn'oper to eonccftl them. a lady to whom he MnnlnVn Ind formerly been the leader of Bertram in the Wusi Indies and South America, as captain heir. false-hearted friend Attempted the virtue of his wife, and in re\enge for tlie repulse he sustained, sought to some predatory inuui sinns against the Spaniards and natives, in the curse of which his life had been saved in awaken the jealousy or the husband success of the attempt ii The mode atid thus shortly told. lamp's uncertain lustre gave to gleam, -.heir plumes to wave File after file in order pass. ir,. ii,'.., I-,,, ,,;, .]»^. Like f'liii ,ni '(uer, b.iit-ni; ai linn- letuttV's At oiicn they formed nnd curved ie]r nm-, Hemming within its ert scent ilrcr Their vicltmi, like a herd of deerAnother sign, and to the aim Levelled n'.once their musqn c t 3 tump, The Their arms ; ["'. the fair hemisphere reclined, That, pencilled on tta azure pure, The eye could count each endiiie/ure, Now, swathed within the Sweeping cloud, Seems giant-spectre in his shruml Till, liniii earh Inop-kole flashing light, A spout of lire shines ruddy bright. And, gathering to united glare, Streams high into the midnight air, A dislnnl beacon, far and wide Thai wakeped Greta's slumbering side. Snoii all beneath, through gallery long. And pendent arch, the tire flashed suong, Snatching whatever could maintain, !' 'ise, or extend its furious .ign, . and falsely professed his desire to him to his father. Deneil replied, with a eveasily in his nie snuer, Jh:it Ins wish might be gratified, ; for that the son or was -- Reilmnuil O'Neale. proceeded to to give, fear, zil ho In a phreoiy of rage and Wychfle demanded an explanation, which Den- Mortham was own custody He had been one of the band and had possessed himself of robbers that assaulted the Iri-h servant w|in brought Redmond Rokeby (JasUe, of tbe reliquaire and chain. To the chain and ii tablets were attached with 1 In irtjing The Anil ... i,-,,i. females who the conflict fled, new rushed forth upon the plain, .1 I guage " " rite some inscriptions in Irish, of which lan- Dsua-'l «·»* iatttira&y IgtrOraCr, >" alllinagli 119 1. ·,(" .-' d iw-i able to read words engraved upon the tablets, yet Filling the air with clamours vain. he could never ascertain their meaning the lost until within by his then faithful follower, who afterwards thought that his services were undervalued, and himself neglected nod despised. " Repulsed in his presumptuous love, As waiting but their chicttain's word, A Morlhnm had taken arms Bertram relates to in the cause of the commons. Oswald thai he had found an opportunity to effect sination in the confusion of tlie battle of the assas- Marston Moor, and claims for his reward all the plunder which M«tham had amassed and brought home as the fruit of his American depredations, anil demanded wald should immediately accompany him that Osto MorOs- tmain's castle and deliver the gnld and diamonds. wald dared not refuse the demanded compensation, hut fearing to trust himself with his furious associate, proposed to substitute his son Wilfrid, and its to which Bertram This son readily assented, as either the snn nr father atretic vengeful snare the trallor wove. Alone we sate-- the flask had Bowed, blood with heat unwonted glowed. When through the all eyed walk we spied With hurried step my Edith glide, Cowering beneath the verdant screen. As one unwilling to be seen. Words cannot paint ihe fiendish smile, That curled the traitor's cheek the while Fiercely I questioned of the cause; He made a wild and artful pause, Then prayed it might not chafe my mood " There was a gallant in the wood !" had been shooting at the deer cross-boa' (evil chance!) was near, That ready weapon of my wrath I caught, and, hasting up the path, In the yew grove my wife 1 found, To make " Back their fatal volley heart]. in a My heap the menials drew, ! We My A I ; could gain admittance to the is treasures- then introduced, and presents a character almost perfectly contrasted to that of his father. He to * 1 stranger's arms her neck had bound! marked his heart the bow I drew 'twas more than true loosed ihe shall ---- Yet, e*en in mortal terror, trap, Their pale and startled group oppose Between Matilda and the roes. haste thee, Wilfrid," Redmond cried ; " Undo that wicket by thy side! Bear hence Matilda gain the u od-- The pass may be awhile mail? good Thy band, ere this, must sine be nigh speak not dally not but fly!"-- While yet the croud iheir mutions hide. Through the Inw wicket-door ibey glide. Through vaulted passages they wind, In Gothic intricacy twined Wilfrid half led, aud half he bore, Matilda to Ihe postern door, And safe beneath ihe forest tree The lady stands at liberty. The nioon-heams, the fresh gal e\ caress. " But ceased not yet, the hall within. The shriek, the shout, the carnage-din, Till bursting lattices give proof The flames had caught the raftered roof. What wait they till its beams amain Crash nn Ihe (.layers and the rfain The alarm is caught the draw-bridge faltsj The warriors hurry from the wnlls. 1 .' three daye. At the time when, by aid of his concealment, he hnd overheard Matilda's relation of the tale of her uncle Mori ham, he at once perceived nnd applied Ihe meaning of the obscure inscriptions. -- "O But, by the conflagration's light, Upon the lawn renew the fight He then discovered that ihe wife of Mortham wns the daughter of O'Neale, the Irish cbieflain, and that after the anger occasioned by his daughter's elopement had subsided, the f-ther despatched his sou to England with directions thai he should at first -- Kach straggling felon down was hewed, Not one could gain the sheltering wood ; Hut forth the affrighted harper sprung, make himself known only to his sister. -- -- And Her to Matilda's robe he clung shriek, entreaty, and command, 1 and daughter, the his child, intending chieftain had robbed After the death of his son Morthans nf . him for the heir nf his estate aud Stopped the pursuer's lifted hand, Denzil and he alive were tft'en ; The rest, save Bertram, all are slain. honours. The mode of young Redmond's return to disclosed. England has before been to The Irish servant, ; " And where is Bertram ' -- Soaring high, whom he had been entrusted, knew nothing of hi» The ! H disinterested, amiable, mild, and accomplished, 1 found my Edith'sdjing charms Locked in her murdered hrolher'sarms! degree of refinement too exquisite for the masculine To this refinement, nod a corresponding sensibility, the feebleness of his -frame ucrad well character. fitted. lie came Her state, in secret to inquire and reconcile her sire." Renewed suspended consciousness: "Where's Redmond!" eagerly ebe ories: " Thou answer's! not he <lies he dies -- ! He had longindnlged in a most tender but de- IMoriharo became delirious from an agony of grief and remorse, and upon tne restoration of his senses was And thou hast Of mortal aid 1 know it well -- with murderers -- he would not His sword I" man -- doom staled! left ! lelt him, all bereft general !lame ascends the sky ; In gathered group the soldiers grtse Upon the broad and roaring blaze, When, like infernal diemon, sent Red from his penal eleoienl. To plague and to pollute the air, His lace all gore, on lire his huir, Forth from (be central nuss of smoke parentage. Wyclilfe endeavoured to persuade Daniil to trans* fer lo him the tablets proving Redmond's lineage, session, but concealed in a place which Dentil informed him were not then hi his poswhence, upon being li" berated, he offered to procure them and to deliver >i(|ld his is sponding affection for Matilda, daughter of the Earl OF RoKenr, friendship and regaitl . which was repaid only by her Bertram thus attended led the i informed that a lovely boy, ihe only fruit of his marriage, had been forcibly carried by an armed f.irce to For my scorned life, which thn'n bast bought At price of his, I (hank* thee not,"-- unjust reproach, the ang link, The heart of Willrid could not brook. " Lady," he said, " my band so near, In safety thou rnay'st rest tbee here. For Redmond's death thou sbalt not mourn, If mine can huy his safe return." lie turned away his heart throbbed high, The tear was bursting from his eye. The sense of her injustice pressed Upon the maid's distracted breast, " Stay, Wilfrid, stay all aid is vain!" He heard, but turned him not again; And now he gains the postern door, Now enters and is seen no more, ! 1 11 some place which he could not revenge upon the villain discover. incited He him sought to the The way in a tomb, where he supposed the treasure* of i irrham were deposited. During the long night journey (lie Ijnld felon who had murder in of his wife; hut failing in the attempt, he life, had been frequently affected bv the com- grew heart-iick of and, after various wanderings punctious visitings or conscience. rived at the tomb, .1 When tliHt they bad ar- many he countries, became the leader of a desperate Matilda, form resembling of liis mur- band of depredators upon Spanish America. One night said in his relation to -- form of Bertram broke! His brandished sword on high he rears, Then plunged among opposing spears; Round his left arm liis mantle trusa'd Received and (hi led three Ian res' thrust Nur those his headlong course withstood. Like reeds he snapped the lough ash wood. In vain his foes around him clung Willi matchless force aside he flung Their boldest, its ihe bull, at bay, Tosses ihe ban-dogs from bis way. Through forty foes his path he made, giaul . Ihe Oswald, but he refused lo inform him ndiere ihev might he found, unless he was Erttset at liberty. As neither would trust the other, Oswald proposed ihem to that Edmund, "D^nzit's son," should be- despatched for the trinkets, while his Cither remained bnsla^e for his return. Denzil, thus caught to consent, in his own snare, was compelled and Edmund departed with in- -- formation from Denzil of the place where he had concealed the casket which contained the sell and tablets, And safely gained ihe forest glade." dered caption struck the sight of Bertram, who sudW-uly and unconsciously exclaimed, that thani, wiih the it was Mor- "It chanced, that, after battle fray, ; that same garb and appearance, " As when I slew him in the fight." Upon the bloody field we lay The vellnw nioou her lustre shed Upon the wounded nnrt the dead, While, sense in toil and wassail drowned, My ruiiiaii comrades slept aronrtd have heen induced to make so long an cstract, we might graiify our readers with what, upon the whole, we think the most interesting and highly- We and wiih a letter from WycJiffe to Mortham. In compliance with Denad's directions, he had proceeded Thus far the to the cave and discovered the casket. relation of Edmund. The letter to Mortham was . then demanded. wrought portion of the poem. Bertram read This ekcluoiation naturally excited the surprise of Wilfrid, and produced in terrogj lories from hiru. The haughty bravado scorned red, and b.ldly to -- And *' At soon as the conflict with Bertram had finished, lifeless in tore it fiercely shred by shred; All lies and villainy to blind unsay what be had declaIn a flash of There came a vniee-- its silver lone amwed the ilcml. anger and heroism, the tender fetor,, stripling seized on the robust and eidc.ivored to rouse the servants of Mnr- Was soft, Matilda, as thine own " Ah wretch '." it said, " what mnkeit While unavenged my bloody bier, -- thou here, ifiam eutle to secure him. recovered from ilie he hud monenlary amazement which the after Bertram While unprotected lives mine heir. Without a father's name and care V He obeyed the summons, but was withheld by reli- courage of die boy had produced, easily diished him to the ground, and would base taken his life, but at that the form of Morthara interposed, and with a tone and gesture which compelled obedience, ordered gious principle from executing his meditated revenge. The only ties which hound him to life wore the hope to " With all (he agony that e'er gendered 'twixt suspense and fear, line of windows tall linie Sothic lattice lights the hall, Disiiognishcd by the paly red The lamps in dim reflection shed. While all beside in wan moon-light Eneb grated casement glimmered while. No sight of harm, no sound of ill, It is a deep and midnight still, Who looked upon the scene bad guessed Was Redmnii'l bore Wilfrid castle. hit arms from the She watched the W by the attentions of Matilda, and the whole party look their way 10 Barnard Castle, their rnad beiog illuminated by the conflagration of Uokeby, He was restored We me sures. not informed of the fate of In the sixth and last canto, which was utterly consumed by ihe flames. Mortbnm's trea- His noble kinsman's generous mind, And train him on from day to day, Till be can laka his life away. And no* declare iby purpose youth, JTor dare to answer save the truth ; If aught I mark of Denzil'sart, I'll tesr the secret from th) heart." Edmund is introis- Edmund acknowledged bad done, and his regret for the evil it he nueetl in the den of the robbers, whence they had his intention to atone for by prevenr- moment of recovering his child, and so affection he had conceived for his niece .Matilda, ble his oinrdered wife. All in the easlle were at rest: whom he found resem- Bertram 10 tell tod.rtavi. When the ruffian was gone, the supposed vision retired, having twst charged Wilfrid To her he bad related the in- e«me up quiring none that Mortham lived. Oswald immediately at the head of n troop of horse, and upon en- and entrusted hi* treasures, and he intended to bestow all his fortune upon her. He had cidents of his life embraced ihe cause of the commons from a convielion of its in the civil w«r why his son was unattended, and with his Justice sword drawn, was informed of what had happened, with the exception of Morthum's appeai'niice. He After this relation is completed, we learn from the subsequent conversation between the parties, that the Earl of Rokeby had followed ihe fortunes of bis royal matter, Charles the First, and had been taken prisoner at the ha tile of Marston sudden on the windows shone A lightning flash, just seen anil gone! A shot is heard Again the flame Flashed thick and fast a volley came ! Then echoed wildly from within, -Ii..-., and '.ii'- hi the mingling din. And weapon-clash, and maddening cry Of those « ho kill, and those who die ! As filled the hall with sulphurous smoke, Mon.' red, more dark, the death-flash bloke, Ami forms were on the lattice cast. When sued to the destruction of Rokeby Castle. He lighted a lamp by means of flint aod Steel, and having measured five ing the execution of WyrlifTe's designs. Indications of -- ps.ces in a particular direction from the a change in the miud ol Bertram had before appeared. The account of bis fin id repeutanee is ver« finely given. -- hearth, he explored the earih with a matioek, until he found a steel casket with a chain and reliquaire of gold, of "Uepaused, and stretching litm at Seemed to repose his bulky strength, length, ( ii 1 which he Was in search, At lliis moment he was arrested by the grasp of Bertium, whom he had not before seen, and by a voice, manner, and threats ensured obedience, Communing with his secret mind, As half be sate, and half reclined. One simple band his forehead pressed, A nd one was dropped across bis breast. The which commanded to declare how he came there, and for what purpose. Edmund would suit of fain have diverted the attendants from the pur. Bertram, but to prevent suspicion, and silence the murmurs which had begun to arise, he was obliged to consent to it, Moor. 'If placed and for an obvious reason, ordered ihe him under the custody The victors had Oswald, in be sufferdesert- Thai struck, or struggled, as they past. " What sounds upon the midnight wind Approach so rapidly behind ! is, it is, ihe tramp of steed* ! Matilda hears the sound, she speeds, related tint he had passed two nights in a dungeon shaggy eye-browi deeper came Ins eyes of stvaithv liaine ; His lip of pride awhile forbore The haughty curve till then ii wore A hove The ; and chains with Guy Dc117.it, and that on the third, U Oswald, who had formerly known Dcnzil, made him n secret visit. He did not at first discover Edmund, who had retired to his couch of straw in * remote corner or the dark cell. pirsuers to put the assassin to instant death, and offered a reward for his head. ed, however, lo go at large upon his parole within certain limits. Kedmon'D O'NeALE, and daring skill (the As Rokeby Qdstle was nearly hero of the cution. tale) had most impetuously demanded the pursuit, and was mot zealous in its prose- But the it strength, speed, and of Bertram wns decided upon consultation that ihe treasures should be removed, under guard of the ensuing night, to Barnard Castle, the residence ttf Osed, it of Mortham Seizes upon the leader's rein " O haste 10 aid, ere aid be vain ! Fly to the postern gain ihe hall !" From saddle spring the troopers all Guy Den7.il, being demanded -- ; Their gal lain steeds, at liberty, what pledge he could give of his good failh, should his life be spared upon candilinn of his performing confidential services, replied, with ready invention, that unaltered fierceness of his look 'bade of darkened sadness took, Por dark and sad a presage pressed Resistles'lv on Bertram's breast, And when lie "poke, bis wonted tone. So fierce, abrupt, and brief, was gone. His voice was steady, low and deep. Like distant waves when brecics sleep ; And sorrow mixed with Edmund's fear, lis low unbroken depth to bear. A rendered unavailing. wald, to which place Matilda had determined 10 re- After having bunted the chase, Bertram was discox-credbyGuv I)e n-z il, one of hio former companions, move, as her father was there. und invited by him ruffians, desurters to become the leader of a vers look place Castle. from both parties in the ciwho were assembled in a cave, mid associated together for the purpOiet of plunder. This invitation vil hand of This conversation between Matilda and her twn loin a grove in the vicmilj nf Ifokeby During the time occupied by il, Bertram war, and Dcnzil, who were upon a scout In reconnoitre the scene of their iulended depredation, had discovered the group, though unperceived themselves, and Ber- is accepted, and the cave. in we are The most introduced to the eoinpaoy interesting of the group is Edmukd, ftoihr the I'oct and Musician, n young man imttli; or originally -gnnil disposition, fine genius, and great talent mmimickry and deception, who hail Oecri early crntacd in love, (its the phrase is) and tram would have shot Redmond from un ambush, but that he was twice prevented by the aueidental interposition ol" Matilda between him and his aim, and was finally deterred and compelled lo depart by the approach of an armed parly of Oswald's retainers. The lovers and their mi strew being then apprised of the from perverted vanity had been induced tothis course of life, DetiStil then informs Bertram that the treasures of Mortham had been removed to Itokcby Castle, and they concert a scheme to seize them, together with Ma,tilda, whose ransom they suppose they can rale nt their own price. Bertram was the more easily incited In I danger they had incurred, repaired to wait ihe arrival of Uie to Rokeby lion wild along the moon-light lea. Bit, ere ihey burst upon the scene, Pilll stubborn had ihe conflict heen. When Bertram marked Matilda's flight, It gave the signal for the fight And Rokebv's veterans, seamed with sear* 01 Scotland s ami of Erin's wars, Their momentary panic o'er, Si nnd to ihe arms which then they bore ; (For they were wenponcd, and prepared Their mistress 011 her wnv to guard.) Then cheered them to the fight O'Ns-sl, Then pealed the shot, and clashed the steel The war-smoke soon with sable breath Darkened the scene of blood and death. While on the few defenders ulose The bandits with redoubled blows, And, l wife driven back, yet fierce and fell Henem the charge with. frantic yell. " Edmund, in thy sad tale 1 find his only child should remain as his hostage. Edmund was then brought forward as the son of Deneil. Both were unbound, nnd they were then informed by Oswald that his son Wilfrid had gained Ihe affections of warped my patron's mindr »ake the fountains) of the eye In other men. but mine are dr\. Mortham must never see the fool, The wo that ' T would That sold himself luiw Wycl die's Yel less toot ; from parly bigotry, rejected Ihe match, nnd had resolved to foroe her to wed an Irish kerne of low and unknown birth. Oswald Mntiltht, but that her father, Than then charged his prisoners to forge a tale of an intend; ed insurrection nf tlie cavaliers (or loyalists) to surprise his castle ; and to accuse Rokeby as an abettor nf the plot. His design was lo obtain a pretext to place that nobleman in close confinement, by the severities Cnsilc of which he intended to compel his assent to the mulsh between Matilda and Wilfrid. In this plot Denzil from thirst of sordid gain, avenge supposed disdain. word, Say.Beriram rues his fault Till now, from Bertram never heard Say. too, that Mortham's lord he prajs To think but on their former dnjs ; On Qiuiriamt's beach and rock; On t'avo's hunting battle shook, On DuVkh's siutds and deadly dew, And on the dart Tlatzeca threw Perchance mj patron yet may hear to ; -- (1 ; -- More guard which hud been ordered by Wilfrid to meet them at that place in the night for ihe purpose of escort He had choien that time without assigning his motive, that by secrecy he mhjht elude the well-known uveuc! of his father. Evening found them sealed round a fire in the great hall. Ed- " Wilfrid has fallen-- tmt o'er him stood Young Redmond, soiled with smoke and bluod, Cheenng his mates, with heart and hand Still to make good their desperate stand. " Up, comrades, np in Kokehy's h ills ' jov fatly concurred, as it promised to afford the means both of dcliveranoe nnd revenge against Rokoby nnd Redmond i and Edmund assented 10 it as the only My A "wnminz of approaching fate A priest inn! sniil, that mav grace his unmmde's bier soot hath"lclt a secret weight, : ! Hcim-n, repent ; Ne'er be hit site rap I, as its success would gratify his ticularly revenge against Matilda, llcdinond, Wilfrid, and parUs with), whom he knew to he very desirous t" efl'cet Whai Or do As As 1 it said our courage fall's: faint ye for their savage cry, mund, hi the ly guise of a young harper, nnd fan last in id- « match between bis snn and the heiress of dressed, requested in a sons adi.iission to the casilc Kuki-hy. ·ivtci'teineil hi* pride ulu hinted that this aspiring ruffian had tome design of gaining Mutilda'i hand, tuid rankled at the haughty manner in which she Il ;« for rest mid refreshment. He would have been re- jected by the porter, but the party within were interested by bin poetry and music, and effectually inter- the so mak- wreaths daunt your ey* ? rafters have returned a shout llokcb> '1 wassail route, ioud thick « smoke those hearths have jfrvea At Malluwlide or Christmas even. renew the fight, Short] to it J'OI method of saving his life. The pretended disclosure was made, nnd Rokeby, together with Redmond and the rest of his train of knights, were immediately placed in strict Ai wJI to hid irVt r"ck be rentFirm as that flint Ificc mineend My heart may burst, hut cannot bend " The dawning "f my ynnjJi, with awe And prophecy, the Dalesmen saw ( llcdesdele It Tbeie ennfinement. Farmer came, m Bertram then interrupted Edmund's relation to remark, that he had observed the erection of 11 scaflold, and expressed his apprehension ibat executions would soon lake place unless Rokeby yielded to the wishes <>i Oswald. KdmiuuJ proceeded M.-«pl'ii H the mode nf his obtaining bis liberation. el Ufa's ' had ever manifested h.-r aver lowpiala him. i ceded fnr him. It wn agreed between tlvcin thai Bdtn should be icssl was then suffered to enter, which In did nfter having taken care to leave open a postern door Matilda then invited the tlomoil'UM to assemble 1 He Fnr Itiik-bvNand MutHuVirijiht! These slavi l! Ihey date not, hand to handi link- h-lR'ut from u 'rue man's brand."-- lo.jip As bodeful as their braecn-Onme. Edmund, (hyyenn -ere scarcely mine. When, ehalleri<-ini.- the clans of fyne -1 my brand to prove, 'io brio ib, n Q't-rHeshitpV* altar hung my glote t>. , In the midsi of Oswald Wy But I'vnedi'h'. "<ir in tower nor town. Held eliumpion meet to take it down. - limns, active, fierce, il.,- and young. sliming. Mi Upon ii.ltniiulng lOM he euuolerfcitcd anger and coniteviiation, after the Like hei neaniiiht India may declare] fiurce bur, I Prod the air !