ORIGINAL POETRY.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 4 February 1890, Page 3

ORIGINAL POETRY.

LORD LOYEL. Lord L .'?jl hath oaouiitiid hia awiftast steed And ft gr gso mo (nun hc A.e he ode all uitfUfc by the i right starlight For the love of his Lady Nan-cie. Fo see (or a Doeto , a learned Leech, a hied him oh his way, o’, the Laiyc Nan cio hath lost her speech . Oh! still the hon.o that day. She does nothing bat-amn. .Ma id, Mabel bd Joan > - giien her noa le u vVilh j oce of wooi-bino wine, 1 Aal her u c**aj4»ta w-a.

at na hingsv-iiN lbs iinid, nil bewail'd L,m*d L'»vol bath ridden awuj rhruugh the nigat like . bat in a bell-topper has To sock for a Leech, I say. A.t he dawning of light, an od woman bedight In a cat-skm kirtlo and gown On tae road side stood y a gibbet of wood Wuen.-j a murderer's bones bung down, j *• And where are you going Lord Love ,” she said, .*» And wner ara going," said aha, ‘* To seek for a Leach, to restore me tha space • Of my good lama tha adye Nan-cia.'' For shortness of breath may la d to her de. th And a sorrowful man am I tVuo the mansio. would rme, and cal me a fool If my L dye Nan-cia abuu d die ? "Now chaar thee, Lord Lovel now cheer the. 3. * she said, Now lithe and ii» on to me vVbea ye aeak fur a Leech, mark we I to my speech, Take this sprig of Eu-phra-sie. ?or the gnosts of the dead which that leech hath sped, When his sprig of Eu-phra-sie Vou wave on tg,. y By one, by two, by .hroe. is dwe lin? that beasts of the ewest ghosts He your hir ur-geou «h ill be To-nurture the life of y .ur wife And resibre o you Ladye Matt cie. • ymy halidome,” Ltrd L i e , quoth he, (jraidercie anl wal a-day iroad pieces tarei ’h 11 thy guerdon be If tue sooth be wh t you nay. Lord Loval hath en ered the hostel gate And tun'd aliguted down; Fi s a mighty draugh of ale be qu ff'd Then stiode him turough the tow...

Whore a homo bora tua nama of a fa e He waved the Bu phra-sie Bu bis hair stood uprigh with fear and affright .. Such a number of g oats o see. ; He turn'd him and fled, and nway he sped Not d iriiug to look around '■ rom tue d vel ing he gat, .nd his belLtopper b t With a erarh fell to the ground , Still onward at each ab'.de of a iicech, Ev<-r sorrowful ghosts to seo 3y the magical might of the wizard light And charm of the Eu-phra sie. Until at tlie • ity’s outermost verge Ha saw one so ro fu! ghost By a docto’s door it was singling p dirge As it sat on a post. • .Vow this is the mm ” Lord Lovel he said, And *‘ mis is-the .an,’ Slid be, •« Wlij sh II nu ura tha Ufa of the daaie my wife Stul restora to m 3 Lt lye N.n-cie.” Ha bath en er'd tha Lea h’s ha a hie'door And Tighten'd wty tne ghost, Who dodg’d down tha street in bis winding sheet As float as.the two paniy post, e hath stated the . S 3 to the learuei Laecb, A doctor in bis degree, ll>w the Lidva Nu osa lu'h lost hbr'spaeoh And' the woo I bina and rose marie. Now oir Lidye bo ppaiseJ, the Leach said he Who seat you to y door Your good datna my sacoul case wi.l- be, I had only one patieat before.

Lord L ivel «r.>»e and cura’d bis fate ~. And an n'ry uun w s he A word t at he mod I will ,«»ot state ... lint think L ■ egau with a d - le strode h n back to t .0 ho tel, roe a And quaffed off the waters strong hen mounted is none in graef aid gloom; ; And apurrai bi n too iroad; long. . at he drow rein t his broad domain A meat joyful sigat to see or ihirui tt bis gate, ois a rival to wai, W a standi jg th|o U dye .Slaa-qje, And where hive ygm beenUord . Lo.?el r .she ■ • w.d»-’-: > : ‘- An I where b ■ve you boan, said she, ; I This is always the way iba ere ie day. Yon go gadding about, the,«ouatrie, I have ridden 11 night my 1 dye so bright Yon speech .nd your hea h o rest ire, Said she, when yon went tuere was one ifooi .less And n.w >he e bo one foci mo 0, !<ome guerdon of thinks which at least are my duos Lo d Love), be s id wcnld be just s’ay oorUfl quo’ she for you ve gotten the blues Your Lordship has been on the bast'. ’

Fbahk MATnißws.