Henry, thou of holy birth, Thou, to whom thy Windsor gave Nativity and name and grave Heavily upon his head Ancestral crimes were visited. Meek in heart and undefiled, Patiently his soul resigned, Blessing, while he kissed the rod, His Redeemer and his God. SOUTHEY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER IV. — A SPORTING PRIORESS
CHAPTER VI. — A CAUTIOUS STEPFATHER
CHAPTER VII. — ON DERWENT BANKS
CHAPTER IX. — HENRY OF WINDSOR
CHAPTER X. — THE SCHOLAR OF THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XII. — A PRUDENT RECEPTION
CHAPTER XIII. — FELLOW TRAVELLERS
CHAPTER XVI. — THE HERMIT IN THE TOWER
CHAPTER XVII. — A CAPTIVE KING
CHAPTER XVIII. — AT THE MINORESSES’
CHAPTER XIX. — A STRANGE EASTER EVE
CHAPTER XXII. — THE NUT-BROWN MAID
CHAPTER XXIII. — BROUGHAM CASTLE
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage where you may be safe Till further quest.—MILTON.
On a moorland slope where sheep and goats were dispersed among the rocks, there lay a young lad on his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over