Warriors and vassals at his table fed; 10
Sons, kindred, servants, waited on his will,
And hail’d his mansion on the mighty hill.
In a new age a Saxon Lord appear’d,
And on the lofty base his dwelling rear’d.
Then first the grand but threatening form was known,
And to the subject-vale a Castle shown,
Where strength alone appear’d—the gloomy wall
Enclosed the dark recess, the frowning hall;
In chilling rooms the sudden fagot gleam’d;