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LESSON 24 GELERT

GELERT

THE spearman [1] heard the bugle sound,

And cheerily smiled the morn,

And many a brach [2] and many a hound

Obeyed Llewellyn's horn [3] .

But still he blew a louder blast,

And gave a louder cheer;

Come, Gelert! why art thou the last Llewellyn's horn to hear? O, where does faithful Gelert roam?

The flower [4] of all his race!

So true, so brave—a lamb at home,

A lion in the chase [5] !"

In sooth he was a peerless hound,

The gift of royal John [6] ;

But now no Gelert could be found,

And all the chase rode on.

That day Llewellyn little loved

The chase of hart [7] or hare;

But scant [8] and small the booty [9] proved,

For Gelert was not there.

Unpleased, Llewellyn homeward hied [10] ,

When, near the portal [11] seat,

His truant Gelert he espied [12] ,

Bounding his lord to greet.

But when he gained the castle door,

Aghast [13] the chieftain stood;

The hound was smeared with gouts [14] of gore [15]

His lips and fangs [16] ran blood [17] !

Llewellyn gazed with wild surprise;

Unused such looks to meet,

His favourite checked his joyful guise [18] ,

And crouched and licked his feet.

Onward in haste Llewellyn passed—

And on went Gelert too—

And still where'er his eyes were cast,

Fresh blood-gouts shocked his view.

O'erturned his infant's bed he found,

The blood-stained covert [19] rent [20] ;

And all around, the walls and ground

With recent blood besprent [21] .

He called his child—no voice replied;

He searched with terror wild,

Blood! blood! he found on every side,

But nowhere found his child!

Monster! by thee my child's devoured!

The frantic [22] father cried,

And to the hilt [23] his vengeful sword

He plunged in Gelert's side!—

Aroused by Gelert's dying yell,

Some slumberer wakened nigh ;

What words the parent's joy can tell,

To hear his infant cry!

Concealed beneath a mangled [24] heap

His hurried search had missed,

All glowing from his rosy sleep

His cherub [25] boy he kissed.

Nor scratch had he, nor harm, nor dread—

But the same couch beneath

Lay a great wolf, all torn and dead,—

Tremendous still in death!

Ah! what was then Llewellyn's pain!

For now the truth was clear;

The gallant hound the wolf had slain,

To save Llewellyn's heir [26] .

Vain, vain, was all Llewellyn's woe—

Best of thy kind, adieu [27] , The frantic deed which laid thee low, This heart shall ever rue [28] .

—SPENCER

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[1 ] spearman: One armed with a spear.

[2 ] brach: Female hound.

[3 ] horn: Hunting horn.

[4 ] flower: Best of all

[5 ] chase: The hunt after the deer.

[6 ] Royal John: King of England at the time of Magna Carta, 1215.

[7 ] hart: Male deer.

[8 ] scant: Small, scarce.

[9 ] booty: Animals caught while hunting.

[10 ] homeward hied: Went home.

[11 ] portal: Doorway.

[12 ] espied: Caught sight of.

[13 ] aghast: Struck with horror.

[14 ] gouts: Daubs, large drops.

[15 ] gore: Blood.

[16 ] fangs: Teeth.

[17 ] ran blood: Were dripping with blood.

[18 ] guise: Appearance.

[19 ] covert: Coverlet, cover of a bed.

[20 ] rent: Torn.

[21 ] besprent: Sprinkled all over.

[22 ] frantic: Angered to madness.

[23 ] hilt: Handle of a sword.

[24 ] mangled: Torn.

[25 ] cherub: A beautiful child.

[26 ] heir: First-born son.

[27 ] adieu: Farewell, goodbye.

[28 ] rue: Be sorry for.

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