By moonlight tread their mystic maze,

And blast the rash beholder’s gaze.

XXVII.

Now eve, with western shadows long,

Floated on Katrine bright and strong,

When Roderick, with a chosen few,

Repass’d the heights of Benvenue.

Above the Goblin-cave they go,

Through the wild pass of Beal-nam-bo:

The prompt retainers speed before,