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Rh The knight disdained to yield up his sword to the foe. The acknowledging of our faults frequently disarms the resentment of our enemy. To slander our neighbour bespeaks a meanness of soul on our part. Peter, James, and John went up into the temple to pray. Homer and Virgil were great epic poets. I love to roam in the open fields. To roam in the open fields is my delight. James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, wrote the "Queen's Wake." John Keats, a poet of high promise, died at the unripe age of twenty-one years. The Battle of the Standard was fought at Northallerton in Yorkshire. Coleridge says truly, "Friendship is a sheltering tree." John Wilson (Christopher North) was a writer of rare and vigorous power. Boswell's "Life of Johnson" is a work of extraordinary merit. In his remarkable writings, Carlyle vigorously assails the shams of the world. Lord of the Isles, my trust in thee is firm as Ailsa Rock! Carrick, press on; Press on, brave sons of Innisgail, The foe is fainting fast. Each strike for parent, child, and wife, For Scotland, liberty, and life! The battle cannot last.