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 13 ' The Campbell may come, as his promises bind him, And naughty M'Nab, with his giants behind him ; This night I am bound to relinquish the fray, And do what is freezes my vitals to say. Forgive me, dear brother, this horror of mind; Thou knowest in the strife I was never behind, Nor ever receded a foot from the van, Or blenched at the ire or the prowess of man. But I've sworn by the cross, by my God, and by all ! An oath which I cannot, and dare not recall.--- Ere the shadows of midnight fall east from the pile, To meet with a spirit this night in Glen-Gyle.' Last night, in my chamber, all thoughtful and lone, I called to remembrance some deeds I had done, When entered a lady, with visage so wan, And looks such as never was fasten'd on man. I knew her, O brother ! I knew her full well! Of that once fair dame such a tale I could tell As would thrill thy bold heart; but how long she remain'd, So rack'd was my heart, and my bosom so pain'd, I knew not---but ages seem'd short to the while. Though, proffer the Highlands, nay, all the green isle,