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I,i!;e iron [eh my tinn, as through
The staple I made iL pass
A lack! it wus flesh and bone— no more!
!T w ^ Catherine Douglas sprang to the door,
Bu: I fell back. Kate RarlasS-

Wiih lhat they all thronged into the hall, half dim to my fnilin™ ken ;
And the spr.ee that was but a void before was a crowd of wrathful me a

And ooc of them seised die Queen and cried :
' Now tt-11 us, where is thy lord?"
And he he'd the sharp point ovet her lica;'1!:.
She drooped not her eyes, nor did she start,
13ut she answered never a word.

Then the sword liaT pierced the true, true breast,
Bat it was the G rim e’s own son
Cried : "This is a woman, we seek .a man ! >f
And away from her t.ll 1 /one
And lie struck the point of the murderous steel;
And Ihiit foul deed was not done.

And forih flowed ;:.I1 the tlirony like a .sea, and ’twas empty space
o i j c l more,
And my eyes f=o:il;;11 out the wounded Queen as I lay behind the door.
And 1 said : ifDear Lady, leave ir.c here, for J cannot In:I]) you now ;
Hut ;ly while you may, und noiieshalL reck of my place here lying low."

Bui now A£a-n came l.Iic armed tread, and fast through die hall it iell;
But the throng was less; und ere I saw, by the voice without T could
te i j
That E-cbert Stuart had come with them, who knew Lbat chamber well,
And StiiarL held ii torch to the floor, and lie found the thing he sought;
And they slashed the plank away with dieir swords; and O God 1
I faiTit.ed noh 1