In the bold cheek of Malcolm Græme;

But from his glance it well appear’d

’Twas but for Ellen that he fear’d;

While, sorrowful, but undismay’d,

The Douglas thus his counsel said:—

“Brave Roderick, though the tempest roar,

It may but thunder, and pass o’er;

Nor will I here remain an hour,

To draw the lightning on thy bower;

For well thou know’st, at this gray head