When they answer to his call,
While he treads with footstep firmer,
Leading on from hall to hall.
“And, while now she wonders blindly,
Nor the meaning can divine,
Proudly turns he round and kindly,
‘All of this is mine and thine.’
“Here he lives in state and bounty,
Lord of Burleigh, fair and free,
Not a lord in all the county,