The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby / author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character

by John Roby

SCENE II.

An unfrequented Place, on the Outskirts of a Wood, without the Walls.

Enter Bertrand and two Attendants.

bertrand.
How goes the morn?

first attendant.
When past the rock,
Methought the convent bell chimed there for matins.
Heard you it, signor?

bertrand.
I know not. Is the hour yet gone?

first attendant.
What hour?

bertrand.
Does the day dawn?

second attendant.
Ay; but night-lurking clouds
Shut out the approaching light. One short, wan streak,
As if in the branches of yon distant oak,
Alone brings niggard tidings.

bertrand.
Hark!—footsteps.