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ERE the Brothers through the gateway	A
Issued forth with old and young	B
To the Horn Sir Eustace pointed	C
Which for ages there had hung	B
Horn it was which none could sound	D
No one upon living ground	D
Save He who came as rightful Heir	E
To Egremont's Domains and Castle fair	E
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Heirs from times of earliest record	F
Had the House of Lucie born	G
Who of right had held the Lordship	H
Claimed by proof upon the Horn	G
Each at the appointed hour	I
Tried the Horn it owned his power	I
He was acknowledged and the blast	J
Which good Sir Eustace sounded was the last	J
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With his lance Sir Eustace pointed	C
And to Hubert thus said he	K
'What I speak this Horn shall witness	L
For thy better memory	K
Hear then and neglect me not	M
At this time and on this spot	M
The words are uttered from my heart	N
As my last earnest prayer ere we depart	N
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'On good service we are going	O
Life to risk by sea and land	P
In which course if Christ our Saviour	K
Do my sinful soul demand	P
Hither come thou back straightway	A
Hubert if alive that day	A
Return and sound the Horn that we	A
May have a living House still left in thee '	-
	-
'Fear not ' quickly answered Hubert	Q
'As I am thy Father's son	R
What thou askest noble Brother	K
With God's favour shall be done '	-
So were both right well content	S
Forth they from the Castle went	S
And at the head of their Array	A
To Palestine the Brothers took their way	A
	-
Side by side they fought the Lucies	L
Were a line for valour famed	T
And where'er their strokes alighted	T
There the Saracens were tamed	T
Whence then could it come the thought	T
By what evil spirit brought	T
Oh can a brave Man wish to take	U
His Brother's life for Lands' and Castle's sake	U
	-
'Sir ' the Ruffians said to Hubert	T
'Deep he lies in Jordan flood '	-
Stricken by this ill assurance	L
Pale and trembling Hubert stood	T
'Take your earnings ' Oh that I	V
Could have 'seen' my Brother die	V
It was a pang that vexed him then	W
And oft returned again and yet again	W
	-
Months passed on and no Sir Eustace	L
Nor of him were tidings heard	T
Wherefore bold as day the Murderer	K
Back again to England steered	T
To his Castle Hubert sped	T
Nothing has he now to dread	T
But silent and by stealth he came	X
And at an hour which nobody could name	X
	-
None could tell if it were night time	Y
Night or day at even or morn	G
No one's eye had seen him enter	K
No one's ear had heard the Horn	G
But bold Hubert lives in glee	A
Months and years went smilingly	A
With plenty was his table spread	T
And bright the Lady is who shares his bed	T
	-
Likewise he had sons and daughters	L
And as good men do he sate	T
At his board by these surrounded	T
Flourishing in fair estate	T
And while thus in open day	T
Once he sate as old books say	T
A blast was uttered from the Horn	G
Where by the Castle gate it hung forlorn	G
	-
'Tis the breath of good Sir Eustace	L
He is come to claim his right	T
Ancient castle woods and mountains	L
Hear the challenge with delight	T
Hubert though the blast be blown	Z
He is helpless and alone	Z
Thou hast a dungeon speak the word	T
And there he may be lodged and thou be Lord	T
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Speak astounded Hubert cannot	T
And if power to speak he had	T
All are daunted all the household	T
Smitten to the heart and sad	T
'Tis Sir Eustace if it be	A
Living man it must be he	A
Thus Hubert thought in his dismay	T
And by a postern gate he slunk away	T
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Long and long was he unheard of	A2
To his Brother then he came	X
Made confession asked forgiveness	L
Asked it by a brother's name	X
And by all the saints in heaven	R
And of Eustace was forgiven	R
Then in a convent went to hide	T
His melancholy head and there he died	T
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But Sir Eustace whom good angels	L
Had preserved from murderers' hands	L
And from Pagan chains had rescued	T
Lived with honour on his lands	L
Sons he had saw sons of theirs	L
And through ages heirs of heirs	L
A long posterity renowned	T
Sounded the Horn which they alone could sound	T

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