The Chevaliers Lamen
the chevalier's lament air—“captain o'kean.” the small birds rejoi the green leaves returning, the murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale; the primroses blow in the dews of the m, and wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale: but what give pleasure, or what seem fair, when the lingering moments are numbered by care? no birds sweetly singing, nor flaily springing, soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. the deed that i dared, could it merit their malice? a king and a father to pla his throne! his right are these hills, and his right are these valleys, where the wild beasts find shelter, tho' i find none! but 'tis not my suff'rings, thus wretched, forlorn, my brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin i mourn; your faith proved so loyal in hot bloody trial,— alas! i make it er return!