30
His blast is heard at merry morn,
And mine at dead of night."--

Yet sung she, "Brignall banks are fair,
And Greta woods are gay;
I would I were with Edmund there, 35
To reign his Queen of May!

"With burnish'd brand and musketoon,
So gallantly you come,
I read you for a bold Dragoon,
That lists the tuck of drum."-- 40
"I list no more the tuck of drum,
No more the trumpet hear;
But when the beetle sounds his hum
My comrades take the spear.

"And O! though Brignall banks be fair 45
And Greta woods be gay,
Yet mickle must the maiden dare
Would reign my Queen of May!

"Maiden! a nameless life I lead,
A nameless death I'll die! 50
The fiend whose lantern lights the mead
Were better mate than I!
And when I'm with my comrades met
Beneath the greenwood bough,
What once we were we all forget, 55
Nor think what we are now.

"Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair,
And Greta woods are green,
And you may gather garlands there
Would grace a summer queen." 60

--_Sir Walter Scott_

PREPARATORY.--"The Life of an Outlaw." Speak on this
subject, illustrating from such characters as Rob Roy,
Robin Hood, etc., and emphasizing the pathos of such a
life.

For dramatic rendering see preparatory notes on
_Highland Hospitality_.

1-4. What Stress indicates the state of mind reflected
by these lines? (Introduction, p. 29.)

3, 11. What Inflection is placed on THERE?
(Introduction, p. 16.)

12. What word may be supplied after REIGN? How is this
indicated in the reading? (Introduction, p. 10.)

13-20. Read these lines with a view to Perspective.
(Introduction, p. 33.)

Give examples of Grouping throughout the poem and show
how the Pause is affected. (Introduction, p. 11.)

What words in stanza iii are emphatic through contrast?
In stanza v?

What feeling in the last half of stanza v?
(Introduction, pp. 10-12.) In what Time, Pitch, and
Force are these lines read? Give your reasons.

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