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Bright silver'd by the moon.--Then rose
The wild notes sacred to repose;
Then the lone owl awoke from rest,
Stretch'd his keen talons, plum'd his crest,
And from his high embattl'd station,
Hooted a trembling salutation.
Rocks caught the "halloo" from his tongue,
And PERSFIELD back the echoes flung
Triumphant o'er th' illustrious dead,
Their history lost, their glories fled.
END OF THE SECOND BOOK.
BOOK III.
CONTENTS OF BOOK III.
Departure for Ragland.--Ragland Castle.--Abergavenny.--Expedition up the
"Pen-y-Vale," or Sugar-Loaf Hill.--Invocation to the Spirit of Burns.--
View from the Mountain.--Castle of Abergaveuny.--Departure for Brecon.--
Pembrokes of Crickbowel--Tre-Tower Castle.--Jane Edwards.
THE BANKS OF WYE.
BOOK III.
PEACE to your white-wall'd cots, ye vales,
Untainted fly your summer gales;
Health, thou from cities lov'st to roam,
O make the Monmouth hills your home!
Great spirits of her bards of yore,
While harvests triumph, torrents roar,
Train her young shepherds, train them high
To sing of mountain liberty:
Give them the harp and modest maid;
Give them the sacred village shade.
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