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Booted and spurred he rode toward the west	A
A rose from the woman who loved him best	A
Lay warm with her kisses there in his breast	A
And the battle beacons were burning	B
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As over the draw he galloping went	C
She from the gateway's battlement	D
With a wafted kiss and a warning bent	C
'Beware of the ford at the turning '	-
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An instant only he turned in his sell	E
And lightly fingered his petronel	E
Then settled his sword in its belt as well	E
And the horns to battle were sounding	B
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She watched till he reached the beacon there	F
And saw its gleam on his helm and hair	F
Then turned and murmured 'God keep thee Clare	F
From that wolf of the hills and his hounding '	-
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And on he rode till he came to the hill	E
Where the road turned off by the ruined mill	E
Where the stream flowed shallow and broad and still	E
And the battle beacon was burning	B
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Into the river with little heed	G
Down from the hill he galloped his steed	G
The water whispered on rock and reed	G
'Death hides by the ford at the turning '	-
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And out of the night on the other side	H
Their helms and corselets dim descried	H
He saw ten bandit troopers ride	H
And the horns to battle were blaring	B
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Then he reined his steed in the middle ford	H
And glanced behind him and drew his sword	H
And laughed as he shouted his battle word	H
'Clare Clare and my steel needs airing '	-
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Then down from the hills at his back there came	I
Ten troopers more With a face of flame	I
Red Hugh of the Hills led on the same	I
In the glare of the beacon's burning	B
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Again the cavalier turned and gazed	H
Then quick to his lips the rose he raised	H
And kissed it crying 'Now God be praised	H
And help her there when mourning '	-
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Then he rose in his stirrups and loosened rein	J
And shouting his cry spurred on amain	J
Into the troopers to slay and be slain	J
While the horns to battle were blowing	B
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With ten behind him and ten before	K
And the battle beacon to light the shore	K
Small doubt of the end in his mind he bore	K
With her rose in his bosom glowing	B
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One trooper he slew with his petronel	E
And one with his sword when his good steed fell	E
And they haled him fighting from horse and sell	E
In the light of the beacon's burning	B
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Quoth Hugh of the Hills 'To yonder tree	L
Now hang him high where she may see	L
Then bear this rose and message from me	L
'The ravens feast at the turning ''	-

Madison Julius Cawein

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