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 .N'T LM I.N*TA L SONGS. Te breeze that slgh'd aml their blooms llay'd in the warrior's waving plumes. Lady, admu! 'tis summer now, And 5rightly summer roses blow; Bat oh! they'll often bloom and fad9 Before I sheathe again my blade. They oft shall fade, shall often bioomy ]efore I turn my courser home; When again I breathe a lover's vow, They'll blossom in the drifted snow; Lady adieu! forever more, The spell's unbound that bound before Thy scorn has rous'd a soldier's pride, And glory now shall be his bride. THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CREST. T banners wav'd on the castle walls, 'Mid the shouts of a trusty band, ''n a knight roturn'd to his princely halls, From the wars of the holy land. His lady had left her harp, and stood To gaza on the smiling west, When came a dark steed from the distant wood, With her knight of the goldca crest. The crimson scarf her true knight dizplay'd Which in earlier day she wove/ When he breath'd his vows in the twilight glade, And was blest with her maiden love. 8be welcom'd her lord with aeents bland And the scarf to her lips she press'd, ,And thought of the time when she gave her To th.e knight of the golden crt,

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